"Fuck the fire...let's get a group shot!" [pic]
 

A favorite shot of mine taken this past summer.

Firefighters posing for a group shot while the farmhouse burns in the background. :thumbsup


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Nice one

Glad it wasn't my house

Looks photoshopped

Nope, it's quite real. I was there...and organized the grouping.

Let it burn baby.

Tax dollars hard at work

Most likely nothing could be done to save the farm house. Just be wasting water..

True enough,have nothing but respect for the Fireman

It was a controlled burn on an old farmhouse donated to the fire dept. for training purposes. They coiled up old retired firehoses, scattered the coils in several rooms throughout the house - doused them with gas and fired them up.

It took less than 10 mins. for the entire house to be fully engulfed. They didn't attempt to extinguish it...just let it burn. The only thing they kept an eye on was the surrounding trees on the property.

It burned to the ground inside of half an hour. I got about 400 shots from start to finish from all angles.

backround just for postcard :)

Or perhaps the homeowner didn't pay the annual fire department dues... ok, obviously that's a staged pic :)

Seriously though, many places in the U.S., mostly rural areas, require everyone who desires fire protection to pay for it, usually annually, in advance - don't pay, the firefighters, even if they do show up, won't put out the fire; at most, contain it to the property. Google it - many people are surprised that fire protection in many places in the U.S. is an optional, paid service.

Looks like the UK firefighters are on strike, again! :-)