Reno dismantles homeless camp along tracks in downtown area

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Reno is making over 100 homeless people leave an encampment along railroad tracks near a shelter in the downtown area.

The city provided a week’s notice before police and other city workers began enforcing the order on Wednesday, the Reno Gazette Journal reported.

Those staying in the encampment had to pack up their belongings and take them with them, but some said they had nowhere else to go.

Officials said the people were trespassing on railroad property and posed an extreme fire danger.

According to the Washoe County Health District, the city had to dismantle the encampments because of health code violations.

The Community Assistance Center is nearby but lacks space to house the people who have been staying in the encampment. ,

City spokesman Jon Humbert, a city spokesman, estimated there were about 130 people and in the tent encampment.