So..

[Majora]

In a small village here in Sweden there has just been a huge fire in a apartment.

A 12-year old boy called the emergency, but was denied for the reason of "Prank calling".

5 minutes later, an elder guy noticed the fire and called emergency. Now there where firetrucks on the way.

A five year old girl died in that accident, just becuase the operators thought it was a prank call.

Thoughts?

 

[Nocturnus]

Those operators should be fired and sued :|

 

[Tarheel09]

wow just wow...

 

[Zoro..]

The operators should be fired...
And pay for the damages that could have been avoided and possibly charged for man slaughter or sued really badly

 

[Cassiopeia]

In a small village here in Sweden there has just been a huge fire in a apartment.

A 12-year old boy called the emergency, but was denied for the reason of "Prank calling".

5 minutes later, an elder guy noticed the fire and called emergency. Now there where firetrucks on the way.

A five year old girl died in that accident, just becuase the operators thought it was a prank call.

Thoughts?

What would have been so bad about having someone drive by and look, check it out. Why would a child so young think to call emergency for fun?!

 

[Daniel Uchiha]

That's fu**ed up

 

[LikeItMuch]

You can't blame them they probably get one every hour or 30 mins. Although that does suck sh*t a warning and being more aware is enough

 

[Netsui]

Wow... Really? That's messed up. If a kid calls for emergency they should at least check it out. If it was a prank call then fine the family or whatever, but at least check it out. They should get fired, and if the family wants to sue then they should. It's the operator's fault for thinking it was a prank call.

 

[butterpie]

People are ****ing ignorant

 

[Cack]

This just goes to show how stupid people are nowadays.

 

[keith242]

Sad on all parts that operator is gonna kill themselves i might have the guilt would kill me.

 

[Darthlawsuit]

They should have just asked if it was a prank and if he said no then send the firemen out there. No point in letting firemen sit around doing nothing.

 

[Maina Deah]

Maybe there are many prank callers in Sweden, I mean, why would the telephone operator think its a prank call in the 1st place °_°

 

[raga]

Unfortunate. Surely they must have some mechanism to identify prank calls. How can a call by a boy be thought as a prank call, just because it is a boy?

 

[Seffy]

that's messed up
the operator should be fired and they should pay for the little girls funeral and of course other costs

 

[Kikyo]

that's messed up
the operator should be fired and they should pay for the little girls funeral and of course other costs

I second that U_U

 

[Cassiopeia]

There must be guidelines they have to follow :shrug: ​

 

[Jack Spicer]

Good job world.


Seriously, wow, just wow.

 

[Itachi Namikaze]

Stories like this make me want to end the world in flames so we can start anew.

 

[Josh]

Not enough detail, can't really speculate, but it does sound like a tragic situation.