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Olympia Mayor Dontae Payne is warning that additional help is needed from the state in order to get a handle on a 21-acre homeless encampment known as "The Jungle".
The encampment is located near I-5 and Pacific Avenue. It's been in the headlines recently after U.S. Marshals found a missing teen girl from Arizona living at the site, and a woman who was struck in the head with a propane tank and severely injured.
Mayor Payne says the city has identified 290 people living in the encampment and work is underway to get them into housing.
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