Portland man fears for his safety, property due to fires set by homeless squatters next door

Jacob Adams issued an affectional plea for thief from Portland, Oregon officials aft being terrorized by homeless group many times mounting monolithic fires straight adjacent to his home. 

"I emotion Portland and I emotion wherever I live," Adams said connected "Fox & Friends" Monday. "I'm asking you to please do something, truthful nan group of nan metropolis consciousness safe."

The once-vacant location adjacent doorway to Adams’ location is now occupied by squatters. Adams said he’s had to make multiple calls to nan occurrence department and now keeps occurrence extinguishers on-hand to support his location from catching fire.

"This is nan 5th occurrence for illustration this aliases worse connected this house," he said. 

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Adams said nan fires person caused propane tanks to "go off" conscionable feet from wherever he was standing. 

And while he praised nan police for their "wonderful" response, he said their hands are tied.

"The spot proprietor won't telephone nan constabulary and trespass nan squatters. So erstwhile I call, there's thing that they tin do," he said. "It conscionable falls connected deaf ears."

Jacob Adams says fires from nan adjacent doorway bum encampment are a communal occurrence (Fox 12 Oregon)

Armand Martens, a seasoned who lives nearby, said he felt safer stepping nan streets of Saigon during nan Vietnam War than he does successful his ain neighborhood. 

Martens said he feels for illustration nan city’s policies are enabling nan bum population. 

Adams agreed.

"This is happening because nan group of Portland, Oregon, person voted for policies that beforehand things for illustration fires adjacent to my home," he said.

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Adams said he nary longer calls nan constabulary erstwhile he hears gunshots because they hap truthful frequently. 

But Adams maintained that each person, sloppy of who they are aliases nan crises they’re dealing with, deserves to beryllium treated pinch emotion and respect. 

"I want to emotion this city," he said. "It seems for illustration nary matter what happens, successful nan past 5 years, Portland has conscionable gone exponentially worse."

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Despite nan existent authorities of his neighborhood, Adams said there’s ever dream for affirmative change. 

"I americium seeing progress, but nan problem is, is nan group that are surviving [next door] aren't being moved out," he said. 

"So I person dream that things are being done it’s conscionable -- Is it going to get to nan constituent wherever my location really catches connected fire?"