A viral photo of a car’s windows broken out after the driver parked in front of a fire hydrant has received some unexpected criticism.
When firefighters have seconds to act, they will do whatever it takes to put out a fire, including smashing the windows of a car parked illegally in the way. But when Sgt. Daron Wyatt posted the picture, he got some unexpected backlash.
“Some people thought we posted the picture to humiliate somebody, we did not. We wanted to illustrate and educate,” Sgt. Wyatt said. “We had a few people that really questioned why we didn’t put the hose underneath the car, around the car or over the car. We wanted to demonstrate to those people that it just isn’t feasible to do that. It reduced the flow of the water because of the kink of the hose and it’s just not possible.