This is appalling, and wholly predictable.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-11/southern-california-wildfires-private-firefighters-jump-into-action
That plus this
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/08/la-wildfires-incarcerated-firefighters
It led me to wonder about the composition of the labour force that dealt with the Great Fire of Rome (from which we get the phrase "fiddling while Rome burns"). Interestingly, private fire crews are not mentioned, though the Vigiles were originally slaves and I am reasonably sure household slaves would have been used. Maybe someone has better sources?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigiles
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