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发信人: tocheer4 (tocheer4), 信区: Seattle
标 题: 不教钱, 就不救火--房子毁灭记
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Oct 5 13:03:17 2010, 美东)
够狠!!!
No pay, no spray: Firefighters let home burn
Tennessee house in ashes after homeowner 'forgot' to pay $75 fee
msnbc.com
updated 30 minutes ago
Share Print Font: +-Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the
ground last week because the homeowner hadn't paid a $75 fee.
Gene Cranick of Obion County and his family lost all of their possessions in
the Sept. 29 fire, along with three dogs and a cat.
"They could have been saved if they had put water on it, but they didn't do
it," Cranick told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann.
The fire started when the Cranicks' grandson was burning trash near the
family home. As it grew out of control, the Cranicks called 911, but the
fire department from the nearby city of South Fulton would not respond.
"We wasn't on their list," he said the operators told him.
Cranick, who lives outside the city limits, admits he "forgot" to pay the
annual $75 fee. The county does not have a county-wide firefighting service,
but South Fulton offers fire coverage to rural residents for a fee.
Cranick says he told the operator he would pay whatever is necessary to have
the fire put out.
His offer wasn't accepted, he said.
The fire fee policy dates back 20 or so years.
"Anybody that's not inside the city limits of South Fulton, it's a service
we offer. Either they accept it or they don't," said South Fulton Mayor
David Crocker.
Firefighters did eventually show up, but only to fight the fire on the
neighboring property, whose owner had paid the fee. | g**********d
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: 【 以下文字转载自 Seattle 讨论区 】
: 发信人: tocheer4 (tocheer4), 信区: Seattle
: 标 题: 不教钱, 就不救火--房子毁灭记
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Oct 5 13:03:17 2010, 美东)
: 够狠!!!
: No pay, no spray: Firefighters let home burn
: Tennessee house in ashes after homeowner 'forgot' to pay $75 fee
: msnbc.com
: updated 30 minutes ago
: Share Print Font: +-Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the
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