11-15-2018, 12:22 PM
(11-15-2018, 11:46 AM)Spokes Wrote:(11-15-2018, 11:20 AM)clasher Wrote: Not if they started it to keep warm and it got out of hand. An arson charge would need to prove criminal intent. And honestly I'd be looking to sleep in an abandoned building if I were homeless... and I'd probably be inclined to start a small fire... I have no idea what it's like to be cold for a week straight.
Exactly this.
If, and that's a big if, they wanted to lay charges, it would be trespassing.
At best, it would offer a way to get them off the streets for the winter, but that's not the way things are done.