'No Man's Land' can leave families without help during an emergency

  • Source: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima
  • Published: 02/04/2019 07:04 PM

A fire starts in your kitchen. You call 911 and tell them what's going on. They take down your information but no help comes. And you watch your home burn to the ground. That's exactly what happened to Donald Isadore's aunt because she lived in "no man’s land". “The most hurtful part was not getting any help from anyone to help with that fire. It may have been damaged but not a total loss had we had that help,” Isadore said. No man's land is parts of Yakima county where there's no fire protection for homes in that area. Yakima county fire district five covers about 800 square miles from Harrah to Grandview but not every home falls under that blanket. There's over 500 homes outside of their coverage and deputy fire chief Joel Byum said just because you call 911, doesn't mean they'll go out there.



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