(December 14, 2022 at 10:42 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(December 14, 2022 at 9:21 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Your scenario is all too real. A couple from Oklahoma neglected to pay their "fire dues", and when a completely controllable fire broke out in their home, the local fire department showed-up and stood around as the couple ran in and out of their burning home trying to save as many possessions as they could.
Despicable.
Interested to read about this, got a link? My scenario was entirely hypothetical.
One such incident happened in Tennessee:
No pay, no spray: Firefighters let home burn
I recall reading a change.org petition for a similar incident in Oklahoma, but, I may have confused it with the Tennessee episode.