We had lots of excitement just across the street from us this morning. Around 0330 I heard several loud pops and bangs so I got up to see what was going on. As I got into the living room I could see that the house across from us was on fire. There was flames and smoke coming from the garage and the Chevy SUV in the driveway was on fire. I called 911 but someone else had already called. I woke up Caroline and went out to make sure the occupants had gotten out. They were just coming out coughing but otherwise not hurt. Their pit bull was also there so I had them put him in one of the cars parked away from the house.
The firemen arrived very quickly and got a pretty good stop on the fire. The attached garage is a total loss but I don't think that the living areas of the house are that badly damaged. There is a fire recovery company there right now boarding up the open garage. I believe that the garage area will have to come down and be rebuilt but the rest of the house, unless there is damage I'm not seeing should be okay.
I did go out and take pictures of the firemen doing their thing and of the trucks. I talked with Chief Bruce Rankin and had fun looking. I didn't miss the excitement at all. It was fun calling in a real call instead of taking them though.
No comments:
Post a Comment