Apparently due to the high rate of foreclosures in certain areas of the United States, it has been speculated that some people are setting fire to their own homes (read this); if this is true, these are very sad times.
People are so distraught, they can willingly set fire to their home because "if they can't have it, no one can". Is this the new way of filing bankruptcy? And do they remove all their personal items first? You know, I can barely discard items I have inherited from others - I just couldn't imagine getting into such a state that I could burn my own house.
For years, TV channels such as HGTV and the DIY Network have produced home makeover shows, I wonder when we'll start seeing "the how-to's of fire restoration"?
And is it worth it? Will the insurance money really make all the difference? I guess for some it will and since insurance pays first and investigates later, one could take the money and run.
But this is such an extremely selfish act - putting neighbouring homeowners at risk, unnecessarily straining the fire department and it's resources, damaging city property, polluting the environment - all for one person or family to take the easy way out of debt.
And how soon will it be before TV dramas about arson (and insurance) investigators take over the medical and paranormal dramas?
Forget about the wildfires in California or Texas - America is burning one house at a time.
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