Gene Cranick Loses Home & Pets to Fire After Firefighters Refused to Help Because He Owed Town $75

It is a low-down dirty shame that Gene Cranick of South Fulton, in Obion County, TN, and his family lost all of their possessions in the Sept. 29 fire, along with three dogs and a cat because the fire department refused to put out the fire because he owed the town $75. Are we living in a civilized society or in a place like North Korea?

Jeff Vowell, city manager of South Fulton, told the Union City Daily Messenger that the city fire department let Gene Cranick's double-wide trailer home burn last week because he didn't pay the subscription common in many rural areas.

Cranick's home is outside city limits, but South Fulton offers fire protection to nearby residents for a fee and did protect a neighboring house that paid.

The mayor of South Fulton, Tenn., stands by his town's policy that led firefighters to watch from the sidelines while a man's county home burned to the ground because he hadn't paid the $75 fire protection fee, WPSD reports.

Gene Cranick, owner of the now-gutted house in Obion County, says he called 911 and offered to pay whatever it would take to get the firefighters to act, but they said they wouldn't do anything, WPSD reports. Source: Tennessean

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