Why didn't fire truck put out this untended fire on S. Van Buren Avenue today?

Please click on image for larger view of untended fire damaging riparian-zone trees along the Town Branch of the West Fork of White River between South Van Buren Avenue and South Ellis Ave. A neighbor who lives across the stream on Ellis Avenue called to report the fire two days in a row. One would assume that the firefighters would have explained when the permit was issued that the fire must not be left burning with no one attending and should be allowed burn under the canopy of riparian trees,