75 Dogs Die In Georgetown Boarding Facility Fire

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11 minutes ago, Deej said:

Georgetown says he didn't have a kennel permit. 

I'm guessing he cut corners in other places, as well. 

He’s running an operation capable of housing 75 dogs, and Georgetown didn’t notice his business and make sure it was registered and inspected correctly?

[Deej 76923]

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The Georgetown Fire Department also says Ponderosa Pet Resort did not have a required kennel permit, but they said that permit does not have anything to do with safety measures like fire suppression and warning systems.

They also added that they know other businesses are operating without a kennel permit, too– and the city is trying to spread awareness and enforcement about this rule.

https://www.kxan.com/news/central-texas-pet-resort-owner-heartbroken-after-59-families-lose-animals-in-fire/

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Which means nothing. Pretty much every fire is investigated for arson, especially structural ones. 

Every fire is investigated for cause which is usually just a formality, most are deemed electrical in nature and classified as such, once Arson is actually suspected the investigation ramps up by a level of about 1000x

[DanRydell 799]

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Responded to a fire not long ago in the county in a dog kennel almost identical in build, there were reportedly 30 dogs inside, our guys got our ass kicked making a very hard push into the type of structure we probably wouldn’t have gone so hard into if not for the reports of animals inside, turns out a neighbor saw it light off and was able to rapidly cut all the gates and let the dogs free, no loss of life. Fire was started by a heating lamp as they had no external heat source for the dogs. Lots of smoke(contents) lots of heat(all sheet metal)