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Rick Scott: “Some questioned when I was out there, they said well if the…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 46:19

And there was no sort of what they explained to me and you look at the video, there was no evacuation plan that anybody seemed to follow. Some questioned when I was out there, they said well if the fire department knew there was a fire risk in the area, why didn't they pre deploy trucks with water? And especially knowing that the reservoirs were empty, why didn't they pre deploy trucks and firefighters? So can you tell us a little bit about what happened? (46:19–46:29)

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Asserts that there was a question about why fire trucks were not pre-deployed despite known fire risks.

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