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Deadly Salt Lake City RV fire shows how Utah’s lack of homeless shelters can lead to disaster

As officials debate funding and policy action, activists say people experiencing homelessness are forced to take risks to find shelter during the state’s frigid winters.

(FOX 13) Firefighters work in the charred remains of a burned RV parked beneath a highway overpass in Salt Lake City on Dec. 29, 2021. Three people were inside when the fire broke out. Two died.