MARYSVILLE, CA (MPG) - The Marysville Fire Department was dispatched to the area known as Hollywood Trailer Park for a vehicle fire with spread to the vegetation on Thursday, October 15, 2020, at 6:33 p.m. Crews arrived on scene to find vehicles on fire with vegetation involved off Simpson Lane. Additional resources were requested and assisted with containing the fire from numerous agencies from Yuba and Sutter County and CAL FIRE. The fire took approximately four hours to contain and eight hours to extinguish. 

The clean up process of the impacted area(s) would not have been as successful as it was without help from our community, volunteers, businesses and staff. A local nonprofit group, SAYlove, volunteered with clean up on October 31, 2020. Recology provided several dumpsters for hauling off debris and waste for free. City staff from multiple departments have spent numerous hours removing burned out vehicles and trailers, which were towed to the local recycle facility through the Marysville Police Department vehicle abatement program. Staff have also been working on garbage clean up and vegetation removal to assist with getting vehicles out and creating staging locations for future cleanup. Staff continue to provide support resources to individuals inhabiting existing encampments and cleanup continues with vehicle abatement and garbage removal.

The council approved Emergency funding to continue the cleanup and site security. We are in the process of blocking off vehicle access temporarily while we come up with long term solutions.