{"id":431214,"date":"2026-08-13T00:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431214\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T00:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:12:37","slug":"homeless-encampment-fire-shuts-down-bridge-in-north-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431214\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless encampment fire shuts down bridge in north Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(FOX40.COM) \u2014 A bridge was shut down after a homeless encampment fire began to spread to its structure Wednesday, fire officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At about 8 a.m., the Sacramento Fire Department responded to the San Juan Bridge at Northgate Boulevard and Mable Street in north Sacramento to investigate reports of smoke, the Sacramento Fire Department said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo: Sacramento FD\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"899\" height=\"674\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ktxl_articles_604\/43a5f33d21f67a7e49c2fe12a54a8fdb.jpg\"\/><img alt=\"Photo: Sacramento FD\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"674\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ktxl_articles_604\/f48d553ea632503852d999d61852be03.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crews arrived on the scene to find that a fire that started in a homeless encampment had spread to the structure of the bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After extinguishing the encampment&#8217;s fire, firefighters entered through a manhole to check for any additional flames. They found smoldering debris and more fire, which crews extinguished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The entire bridge is closed in both directions until city officials can inspect its integrity and ensure it&#8217;s safe for vehicles to drive on, fire officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(FOX40.COM) \u2014 A bridge was shut down after a homeless encampment fire began to spread to its structure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[14766,7254,23493,121,7653,123,122,171369],"class_list":["post-431214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-fire-officials","tag-homeless-encampment","tag-north-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-fire-department","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-san-juan-bridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}