Weighing what I have heard, I am inclined toward the stories that the property owners offered it to the fire department for practice. It's been vacant for decades. Someone has been clearing brush this year to improve the property, so I assume the owner wants to develop it, and needed the old structure gone. There's no way bringing such a long-abandoned, dilapidated home up to modern code is feasible.
Weighing what I have heard, I am inclined toward the stories that the property owners offered it to the fire department for practice. It's been vacant for decades. Someone has been clearing brush this year to improve the property, so I assume the owner wants to develop it, and needed the old structure gone. There's no way bringing such a long-abandoned, dilapidated home up to modern code is feasible.