events. It's just a strange situation because obviously the door need to be fixed ASAP and it's not cheap. And it will probably have to be me (although it's least of my fault) who pays straight away and then try to claim it from either tenant or neigbour or even fire brigade (if there was no sign of fire, surely they should assess the situation on the spot and not just blindly believe a neighbour - who had exactly the same view/information as them) or my insurance company... A fireman on duty and in uniform has the authority to break into a premise if he suspects a fire. I am a retired fireman and recall on one occasion we got a call to a reported house fire on arrival we could see the living room was full of smoke so I broke the door down to gain entry only to find it was a partially blocked chimney, it is my understanding the householder claimed off his insurance. I have also attended reported fires where there was 'no obvious sign of fire' and we have left without attempting to gain entry. I would contact the fire service and ask for an explination as to why they forced entry if there was 'no sign of fire'