You can sign up with the Salem Fire Corporation,

你可以和塞伦消防公司签约
pay a yearly subscription fee,

每年支付会员费
and if your house catches on fire,

如果你的房子着火
they will come and put out the fire.

他们会来灭火
But they won't put out everybody's fire.

但不会见火就扑
They will only put it out if it's a fire in the home of a subscriber

他们只扑灭发生在会员家里的火灾
or if it starts to spread and to threaten the home of a subscriber.

或者是即将蔓延到他们会员家里的火灾
The newspaper article just told the story of a home owner

这则新闻对一个房主进行了报道
who had subscribed to this company in the past

他曾经是这家公司的会员
but failed to renew his subscription.

但没有去续费
His house caught on fire.

他的房子着火了
The Salem Fire Corporation showed up with its trucks

塞伦消防公司迅速开着消防车来到现场