After the record of a new fire that completely destroyed a mixed house – wooden and stone – more and more concerned about the increasing number of cases. The authorities of the municipality of Balneario Rincao deplore the absence of a military fire brigade and are mobilizing forces to create a volunteer fire brigade as an alternative in the case of cities with a low population density. This service can help deal with such cases.

Another house burned down this week in Balneario Rincao in southern South Carolina. – Photo: Social networks

It turned out that there is no fire station in Balneario Rincão and this situation is being addressed. Since it does not have 20,000 inhabitants, the state does not establish a military fire department. The current alternative is to set up a volunteer fire department that depends on a local organization.

Another important fact is that for legal purposes, the population in question is 12 thousand inhabitants, according to the 2010 census. However, during this 12-year period, there was a big transformation in the area, which became a municipality and grew a lot. Today, a new census is expected to show that the population has doubled. This will allow services such as military firefighters.

The state-supported Balneario Rincão Volunteer Firefighter Unit is already in the installation phase. It should start working within a month.

There are no up-to-date statistics on fires, but their number often appeared in the news, for example, this week.

Authorities rule out the possibility that these cases are related to criminal activities, given the municipality’s further lack of a more intensive police force and the resulting increase in cases involving petty drug dealers. All sorts of suspicions arise in this world.

The main cause of the fires, according to the authorities, is that there are many old houses here, and the phenomena are united by the fact that the victims have most of the wooden structure.