vacant structures
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Funding & Staffing
UPDATED – On day with 16 fires in 6 hours Detroit's mayor laying off 20% of firefighters. Audio from arson spree. More than a third of investigators to be cut.
Mayor Bing hoping federal grant and attrition will bring back many firefighters.
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Arson spree overnight in Detroit. 16 fires on east side. One firefighter hurt.
Firefighter suffered minor head injury at a church fire.
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Is this 'let it burn to the ground' at work? Interesting video from Detroit.
Dave wonders about a video of a vacant structure fire on Friday.
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Detroit Fire Commissioner proposes letting vacant buildings 50% involved burn to the ground. Donald Austin asked to make cut in next year's budget.
For the second time in a year the commissioner proposes new ways of dealing with fires in vacant structures.
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