|
odysseyIndeed -> RE: LET IT BURN?!? Firefighters Watch Home Go Up In Flames Over $75 Fee (10/5/2010 9:04:00 AM)
|
~FR~
This happened relatively close to where I live and was on the news in my town. I completely blame the residents for the death of their pets. It took two hours, TWO HOURS for the fire in the two barrels to spread to the house. You cannot tell me that people who love their pets could not make it into the house to save them during that 2 hour time. Also, the man did not 'forget' to pay. When asked by a reporter right after it happened he said he just "figured they would put the fire out whether he paid the 75$ or not".
When I heard the first report about it, I was really angry at the People in charge who would not let the firefighters respond though I understood objectively why they didn't let them.(they did not show up until the fire spread to a neighbor's field - that neighbor had paid the fee). BUT when I heard that the fire started in 2 barrels and took 2 hours to get to the house, I had less sympathy. I would go into a *burning* house to save my pets. There's no way I'd leave them in there for two plus hours before a fire spread to my house and burned them alive. That's horrible.
PS: This isn't the first time this has happened. Another house burned in (I think) 2008 in that area because the owner did not pay the fee. So, these residents were on notice that the fee had to be paid in case they one day needed it.
|
|
|
|
