To increase the chance of their plans to succeed, they all decided to do something to make the entry into the village harder. They placed two thick wooden logs and locked the main gates of the village from the inside. They also placed barricades so that it would be hard to push the gate itself. Just destroying the lock and removing all the debris would delay the entry of the guards as long as possible which is what they really wanted to happen.
Though the fire was already blazing inside the village, since the walls are high and none of the guards cared to look inside, the five beast men members of the fire brigade was able to complete their tasks with no issues. They had enough time to watch the fire eat up the areas they splashed with the red liquid with in amazement and then run back to the team assisting the beast men from the middle area.