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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Don't they have paid firefighters for the rich and volunteers for everyone else? I think I remember hearing about Oprah's property being protected first when Hawaii was burning last. I would expect something similar in California. Money talks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's not volunteers actually, it's prisoners being used as forced labor https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/08/la-wildfires-incarcerated-firefighters

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You mean slaves?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

IIRC i read somewhere that these prison people volunteered, actually.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Most of firefighters in California, at least those fighting wildfires, are prison inmates, which is constitutionally slave labour.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

That is all true, but I think OP is talking about news channels monetizing wildfire