They used 10,000 gallons of water to put out the fire according to the article. Had to run down the street to get it.
Anyone see the problem with this story buy looking at the photo?
There’s a swimming pool in the back yard with probably 20,000 gallons in it, right there to pump for the fire.
...unless the pool was empty
December in Concord? Pool was almost certainly empty. BTW, my morning commute is mostly through Concord, by back roads, but nowhere near this. Concord is swampy and much of it is subject to flooding in spring. The current version of the Old North Bridge is about the fourth or fifth, the others long since washed away.
Where I live is more rural, and we have no, zero, fire hydrants. Pumpers draw water from ponds, streams and swamps. There are even strainers near the roadside for them to draw from in places.