The Detroit Fire Department has been flirting with calamity since then-Mayor Bing laid off firefighters, closed stations and cut money for emergency safety repairs.
The fire company (Engine 50) was featured on the documentary “Burn.”
“They are saying a lot to the public, but they haven’t been very cooperative,” a high-level fire official said.
Two days before his 53rd birthday, Kenneth Rouse was killed in a house fire.
The fire broke out shortly before 11:30 p.m. on MacKay near Davison and I-75 and spread to two occupied houses and an abandoned one.
“I have to feed my wife and kids,” Kasinec said after the fire. “We’re taking major pay cuts, and I can’t afford it.”
At 11 p.m., firefighters were inside the mansion attacking the flames.
The Heidelberg Project raised more than $50,000 late last year for security.
The house was the sixth to burn down at the world-famous art installation since November.
Investigators are trying to determine whether the fire was related to a ruckus party and alleged gang rape.