I am absolutely not defending whatever happened in that article. Truly a bizarre situation. Where I live firefighters certain actions will require a fee (obvio

I am absolutely not defending whatever happened in that article. Truly a bizarre situation. Where I live firefighters certain actions will require a fee (obviously not paid to the firefighters), like pumping out a cellar or felling a tree on private land which is not threatening any property, but actually not fighting a fire when it would be easily possible would be unthinkable.