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@gedvondur C'mon man, don't you have any respect for tradition?
In Ancient Rome ...
Fires would be fought by filling buckets with water and then throwing them against fire. Firefighters could also use axes to destroy buildings in order to prevent them from catching fire.[1] Once a house caught fire, [Marcus Licinius] Crassus would send his slaves to fight the fire. Once they arrived at the house, they would only put out the fire if the owner of the house sold the building to Crassus. Crassus would then sell the house back to the original owner at a marked up price.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighting_in_ancient_Rome
https://books.google.com/books?id=9rI6CgAAQBAJ&q=Firefighting+in+Ancient+Rome&pg=PA407
And yeah, that's the "Rich as Crassus" guy, FYI.
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