Fires at homeless camps in Seattle are becoming all too common.

Just two weeks ago, there was a major fire at a homeless camp over an alleged drug dealing dispute.

Now there was another and there was so much smoke that it could be seen all over the city.

KING 5 News reports:

Encampment fire in Seattle caused by ‘reckless burning,’ investigators say

An encampment fire caused a massive plume of smoke to rise above downtown Seattle Monday afternoon.

The fire sparked in an encampment at Mercer Street near Fairview, close to an Interstate 5 on-ramp. Eastbound lanes of Mercer Street were blocked while firefighters worked on the scene.

There were no injuries reported and firefighters did not find anyone in the encampment.

Seattle Fire Department investigators say the fire on Mercer Street was intentionally set. A 46-year-old man was arrested for an investigation of reckless burning.

According to court documents, the man accused of setting the fire told officers at the scene that he was cleaning his tent when he knocked over a lit candle. He told police he did not initially notice the candle be knocked over, but attempted to extinguish the flames once his tent caught fire.

The smoke plume from the fire could be seen from across the water on Alki Beach.

See the video clips below:

Seattle encampment, fire pic.twitter.com/MnwOwIUdiw

— Glenn E. Malone, EdD (@GEMalone) August 15, 2023

Something is seriously on fire around Eastlake in Seattle right now pic.twitter.com/vzt50fOQ7J

— Sergey Yun (@iskra_9) August 15, 2023

Fire near downtown Seattle #fire #seattle pic.twitter.com/2WbEDuJfA3

— Hayssam (@destinatepath) August 15, 2023

WHAT A SCENE OFF I-5: Man arrested for reckless burning after fire erupts at Mercer Street encampment in Seattle

More from our @RyanTVnews here: https://t.co/0C3MjDmHUW pic.twitter.com/YcPxEzPTsU

— Steve McCarron KOMO (@SteveTVNews) August 15, 2023

For a progressive city that claims to care about the environment, Seattle sure has a lot of pointless and destructive fires.

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Phoenix, Arizona – An IRS agent was gunned down by one of his own Thursday evening during a training exercise according to ABC 15 News.

ABC 15 News also revealed that the FBI is “investigating” the shooting which is being called an accident.

Charlotte M. Dennis with the Phoenix Field Office of the IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) division told Arizona’s Family that it was aware of an “incident” involving one of its special agents.

She said the agent was taken to HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center, where he later passed away.

The FBI’s field office in Phoenix released an emailed statement vowing a “methodical” approach”:

The FBI’s investigation will be methodical and thorough to address every element of the incident,” an emailed statement said. Those findings will then be turned over to the U.S. Attorney’s Office (District of Arizona) for review.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) said the gun range was being utilized by multiple federal agencies at the time.

Here is a video of the aftermath of the shooting:

#BREAKING: IRS Agent Fatally Shoots and kills another Agent At Phoenix Shooting gun Range

#Phoenix | #Arizona

Right now Law enforcements and emergency crews are on the scene after a Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent lost their life due to an inadvertent shooting by… pic.twitter.com/jaa7ofwSSN

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) August 18, 2023

Catturd raised an interesting question on X (formally Twitter): what exactly is the IRS doing with guns?

Why do IRS agents need guns? https://t.co/afmFoNpQXM

— Catturd (@catturd2) August 18, 2023

Developing…

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