ENCINO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Residents are growing concerned over recent fires and homeless encampments in the Sepulveda Basin, saying things have gotten out of control.

There have been more than 700 reported fires in the Basin in just the last year and a half, which means that's at least one call to the Los Angeles Fire Department every single day.

"It's scary what's happening," said Balboa Park resident Colette Stroffolino. "It's just like an everyday occurrence when there's fires every day across the street from your house and you see smoke. I'm not in a fire zone, but I am because of the homeless."

The fires are often started by the estimated 200 to 300 homeless people living in the Sepulveda Basin, and there are growing fears those fires will one day spread to the packed neighbor

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