In To Kill a Mockingbird, what caused the firemen to have such trouble putting out Miss Maudie's house when it was on fire?A. Maycomb did not have...

The answers A, B and D are totally incorrect, so I suppose
the best possible answer of the four is C. It is true that it was freezing outside; and
it is true that the truck was probably frozen.

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The old fire truck, killed by the cold, was being
pushed from town by a crowd of
men.

I suppose the hose could
also have been frozen, and that is why

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When the men attached its hose to a hydrant, the
hose burst and water shot up, tinkling down on the
pavement.

Finally, a fire
truck which had been dispatched from nearby Abbottsville pumped water on the house.
Another fire truck showed up, but there was only one hydrant available and it was
already in use, so they used hand extinguishers to combat the
flames.