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Originally Posted by fish_oinc
No I just didn't understand why they need to wreck the rest of the house once the fire was out, It was a home in the country no other homes close by, The hoses were no longer charged I think venting the house was necessary but breaking out every window and the frames I didn't seem necessary
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It is. I had the same questions when I first got into the news business and they sent me out to house fires. Turns out even when it looks like the fire is out, it might not be. They're punching holes in the house not so much to ventillate, but to look for fire hidden in the support structure of the house. If they don't, and there's some fire or embers hidden within the walls, it can flare up again, sometimes hours after the FD leaves. Believe it or not, by beating the hell out of the house when they're there, they're actually preventing even more damage.
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The windows could have been open manually , the house although old, was very well kept and maintained I didn't personally know the man but knew of him for 20 years .
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A solid window is a window that can explode, as has been mentioned. It's a serious danger. Insurance will replace the windows that are broken out by the FD, so it really doesn't matter.
Also, whether they break out the windows is immaterial as far as him living there. There's a crapload of smoke damage and water damage all over the house. Nothing you can do about that. He's out of the house for weeks if not months while that gets repaired. The windows are nothing compared to the actual fire damage.