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Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee

Posted by samzenpus on from the deadly-serious-homeowner's-association dept.

Dthief writes "From MSNBC: '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.'"

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  1. The roof, by craash420 · · Score: 3, Funny

    the roof, the roof is on fire.

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  2. Re:This is what taxes are for by bcmm · · Score: 5, Funny

    A publicly funded fire brigade? What's next? Public healthcare? You dirty socialist!

    You're ignoring the greater problem: socialised defense! The federal government is taking your money, and using it to protect poor people from terrorism.

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  3. Shhh! by spun · · Score: 3, Funny

    The whole reason we have a government is to have someone to blame when things go wrong. That doesn't really work if we remember we are the government, so shut it. Comforting myths are comforting.

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  4. In other news... by entrex · · Score: 1, Funny

    Payments of fire protection subscription double

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