JAKARTA - Fire service (damkar) run by private companies is selling well 'in the midst of a devastating Los Angeles (LA) fire. Although the fare is fairly expensive, the demand to rent their services continues to arrive.

The Daily Mail reports that a number of private fire companies offer preventive services until the blackout reaches 2,000 US dollars or around Rp. 32.6 million per hour.

The price in the midst of the LA fire situation is being overwhelmed by the ongoing fire.

This private fire company was originally a state and local government partner in the US that helped fight forest fires.

However, in recent years, many private firefighters have sprung up who offer ready-made services, such as water supplies, trucks, hoses, extinguishing chemicals, to anti-fire needs for industries in the US.

A private fire department owner, Covered 6, Chris Dunn, said his company's phone was "continuously ringing" to manage customer-ordered services.

According to a CHronicle report that sent reporters to the field, efforts to prevent the private fire fighting against a house in LA were by spraying water through the home facilities to the top. Meanwhile, his staff were on guard all night watching the blaze so as not to spread into the house.

The LA Times said another private fire company sprayed the area around the house with thick fire-resistant materials. Including trees and shrubs.

However, the exclusive private fire service received criticism from the public for collecting profits in the midst of the LA fire which caused security officers to be overwhelmed and more than 10,000 people were forced to evacuate.

One of them is real estate investor and millionaire Keith Wasserman who asked someone to connect it with a private fire company to save his luxury home in Pacific Palisades, LA.

"Does anyone have access to private firefighters to protect our home in Pacific Palisades? We have to act quickly. All neighboring houses are on fire. Will pay whatever the amount. Thank you," wrote Wasserman on his X social media account, quoted from the New York Post, Monday 13 January.

"A great courage", responded one of the furious netizens.

His family was evacuated and he tried to hire a private firefighter to risk their lives to save a house that he had definitely insured. It's really insensitive," continued another netizen.

After being criticized by netizens, the request at X for the services of the private fire department was removed by Wasserman.


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