Police said a fire under the Gardiner Expressway was extinguished Friday afternoon. It’s the second fire along Lake Shore Boulevard in a week.

Toronto police Const. Ed Parks said they received reports of the fire at 1:54 p.m. It was put out within 20 minutes.

There are no reported injuries.

Lake Shore Boulevard westbound on-ramp is closed and travellers should expect delays at the Lake Shore Boulevard and Spadina Avenue intersection.

Parks confirmed the fire came from a homeless encampment.

On Sunday, March 1, a fire from a homeless dwelling at Yonge Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West broke out just after 2 p.m., according to Const. Alex Li.

The fire prompted Mayor John Tory to say the way to address dangerous homeless encampments is not with more law enforcement, but by building affordable housing to reduce the need for the makeshift camp in the first place.

“I’m very determined to make a difference on this over the next period of time and that includes addressing issues of safety as they relate to some of these encampments,” Tory told reporters Monday, a day after a fire broke out.

Fires from homeless encampments have also broken out in other areas of the city. On Feb. 23, firefighters tended to a fire near Bayview Avenue and Corktown Common Trail, and, the following day, were called to a camp near the Gardiner Expressway and Jameson Avenue.

With files from Margaryta Ignatenko and Jacob Lorinc.

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David Venn is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @davidvenn_

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