PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — An investigation is underway into a fire that tore through a Providence homeless encampment Tuesday morning.
Firefighters responded to Whitehall Street and found a small shed at a homeless encampment engulfed in flames. The fire had also extended into the brush surrounding the encampment.
Providence Fire Chief Derek Silva said there were propane tanks in the encampment that were also on fire.
Silva said no one appeared to be at the encampment when the fire broke out.
No one was injured and the cause remains under investigation.
