Because they want to be able to sell to some sucker without them knowing they are buying a fire risk.

“Who would decide to move out here after seeing that?” one asked.

After seeing these morons spouting off lies and conspiracy crap I’d say the residents were an even bigger turn off.

They shouldn’t spend public funds on fire fighting in those regions then. You didn’t want to know, you lied, you spread lies, and you didn’t want any fire safety regulations so reap what you sowed.