annual fee for rural fire coverage. trace gallagher live in our west coast newsroom with what is becoming a national story. reporter: it s a big story. they live outside tpult ton, tennessee. keep that in mind, it s important. they were burning trash in a burn barrel, a spark got out, caught the grass on fire. gene grabbed a hose and tried to pull it out. he calls 911, the fire department does not come. the house starts burning and then the flames go to a neighbor s shed. the neighbor calls 911, and here comes the fire department. they put the shed out quickly but let the cradd cranick s burn. the neighbors paid the $75 fee, they didn t. we didn t get around to paying it. if they waived it one year why couldn t they do that this year. people around here know us and