"The wind gusts reached 100 miles per hour and the smoke was thick and rancid. Sarvis watched electric cars explode and garbage bins tip over, fill with flames, and blow down the streets like missiles." @jbienkahn for @RollingStone

https://longreads.com/2025/01/24/the-private-firefighters-on-call-for-the-californians-who-can-afford-them/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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‘Will Pay Any Amount’: Private Firefighters Are in Demand in L.A.

“Hiring a private fire crew costs thousands of dollars a day, and most work through government contracts or with insurance companies. Some wealthy property owners are calling them in directly.”

“About 45 percent of all firefighters working in the United States today are employed privately…”

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