Papers can get things wrong, but please advance your theory of the article being wrong.

Did the reporter fabricate it?

Did the fire chief fabricate it?

Or did the cover up take place at the scene... "plant" witnesses duping the fire chief?

The reason you and the others are being so obtuse is because to actually type out any kind of chain of events that would lead to the article being so crazily off would make you sound like a whack job.