Burn, Baby, Burn
Jan. 3, 2008 - Fox, Alaska, U.S. - Ace and Cat Callaway stand by helpless as their log cabin burns to the ground near Fairbanks. Fire trucks from the Steese Area Volunteer Fire Department arrived at the fire within minutes, followed by units from the Fort Wainwright Fire Department and the North Star Volunteer Fire Department. However, all three fire departments refused to put out the blaze when it was determined that the structure fell just outside the fire service area boundary. ''They could have saved the structure,'' Ace said, adding that the fire was limited to smoke coming from the eves of an attached garage at the time that the trucks arrived. ''They got here in plenty of time to do something, but they just went on by.''
Picture © Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner/ZUMAA
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