Detroit Fire Department Captain: Our Equipment Is 'Junk'

Fire Official Calls Detroit's Equipment 'Junk'
NIMMITABEL, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 08: A firetruck rushes towards the Kybeyan Valley, New South Wales on January 8, 2013 in Nimmitabel, Australia. NSW was declared a total fire ban with the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Southern Ranges regions placed on 'Catastrophic' alert. (Photo by Pamela Martin/Getty Images)
NIMMITABEL, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 08: A firetruck rushes towards the Kybeyan Valley, New South Wales on January 8, 2013 in Nimmitabel, Australia. NSW was declared a total fire ban with the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Southern Ranges regions placed on 'Catastrophic' alert. (Photo by Pamela Martin/Getty Images)

Detroit Fire Department captain Bruce Holben is frustrated.

“It’s real frustrating,” he said on Thursday, after his team put out an early-morning fire on Detroit’s southwest side.

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