Because of Unpaid Fee, Firefighters Let Home Burn

[Jazzy]

A small rural community in western Tennessee is outraged and the fire chief is nursing a black eye after firefighters stood by and watched a mobile home burn to the ground because the homeowner hadn't paid a $75 municipal fee.



South Fulton city firefighters -- equipped with trucks, hoses and other firefighting equipment -- didn't intervene to save Gene Cranick's doublewide trailer home when it caught fire last week. But they did arrive on the scene to protect the house of a neighbor, who had paid his fire subscription fee.



I just forgot to pay my $75, Cranick told ABC News. I did it last year, the year before. ... It slipped my mind.



Full story link with video: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/artic...r-finding-owner-didnt-pay-annual-fee/19662595

 

[The Dragon Master]

That isn't fair:x Everyone should have to right to be protected/rescued when there's a fire. It shouldn't depend on who bought it and who didn't!

 

[Jazzy]

This story makes me so angry. He lost all his possessions, plus three dogs and a cat. All due to not paying $75! This is sickening and breaks my heart.