Getting Permission to Burn Down Your Own Home

You see articles in the newspaper about homes burning down rather freqequently, but how often does someone get to burn down their own home (and not get arrested)? The Columbian reported on a man whose house was in danger of falling into a canyon as the ground eroded next to the home. They had actually moved the home but the avalanche was not to be stopped.

Normally a home would be bulldozed but because of the avalanche potential they were able to make a case for not wanting heavy equipment near the home and instead got all the permissions needed to use the home as a training exercise for the local firefighters of which he is a volunteer member.

Sad, but cool.