1. See if you can find the local paper for the town online and see if there's a report of the fire.
2. Call the local fire department.
3. publicise the contact information here.
There was a recent similar case (http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/012804/new_20040128065.shtml) that was bringing up questions of fraud on LiveJournal, and it turned out that it was true--but various people checked, and made the means of checking public.
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