If the crew is so late to the scene that the house has essentially burned down: 1) Anyone trapped may end up dying or being severely injured 2) Fire spreads to

If the crew is so late to the scene that the house has essentially burned down: 1) Anyone trapped may end up dying or being severely injured 2) Fire spreads to neighbours (in the case I described the owners and neighbours were hosing down the next door house at their own risk.