Elderly couple dies in Detroit fire
By Lawrence Porter and Bryan Dyne
21 November 2012
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Firefighter says budget cuts are “killing people.”
A fire on in northwest Detroit early Sunday morning resulted in the deaths of an elderly couple in their 70s, Kyle and Theresa Bozeman. The fire destroyed much of the house at 20200 Rutherford.
House on Rutherford St. in northwest Detroit. Back porch where fire started
The Detroit Fire Department fights an average of thirty fires a day. The department has been hit hard by a series of budget cuts, including one recently that reduced the number of companies on duty from 59 per day to 40-46. Salaries for firefighters were also cut by 10 percent.