Firefighters in Detroit rigging fax machine rube goldberg machines

Last Update: August 9th, 2021

The fax arrives – It hits a door hinge – A wire gets tugged – A doorbell goes off – there must be a fire!

The Detroit Free Press is reporting that local firehouses have improvised alarm systems by having incoming faxes with alerts about fires knock over pop cans or ring doorbells.

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