This has to drive-up the cost of your homeowner’s insurance.
House fire spreads after every hydrant in Detroit neighborhood fails
Detroit firefighters scrambled for blocks in search of a working hydrant on the east side Thursday night but couldn’t find one as flames flattened a large, occupied duplex, scorched three neighboring houses and sent large embers onto nearby rooftops.
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“It’s crazy,” said Mark Bryant, who moved from Atlanta to Detroit three years ago. “Never seen anything like it. It’s like living in a third-world country.”