I was walking past a local park, (Beacon Hill Park) and saw some smoke puffing up beyond some shubbery. I thought it was likely just someone smoking a joint ('tis the west coast after all).
Getting closer however, it became more than just a bit of smoke. A cyclist noticed it too and we looked at each other... 'that's beyond a cigarette, isn't it?'
He called 911, me giving the location as he wasn't familiar with the city. And so we waited and watched the smoke getting thicker. Of course my crap photography skills couldn't really pick this up very well:
Within seconds I heard sirens as the fire hall was literally around the corner. We pointed to where the flames were to the on-coming fire trucks, sat back and watched (as you do).
They put out the fire... yippy! But a lot of the area got scorched pretty good. Question for Neil: what do you think will grow well here now?
An hour later, I'm walking home and hear more sirens... I look down the street and see this:
Another fire! I'm just that hawt! ;-)
A second floor flat... completely gutted but fortunately contained and no one was hurt. If you squint and use a lot of imagination you can see smoke going up the left side of the building.
I had to laugh when I was 'leaving the scene'... fire prevention division. Where the fuck have you been all day?
cooo err, you saved the city. You have superpowers.
ReplyDeleteEr was the cyclist fit? at all?
You literally sizzle marnie!
ReplyDeleteAnd er, yeah - was he fit? (Good question Mog!)
Ooooooh! I never thought about it like that! Yes! I want the key to the city!
ReplyDeleteNo Mog and Ann, I didn't take any men in tight, form revealing spandex, photos. You two will have to feed your depraved interests elsewhere on the net (then tell me where).
:-P
Will you be on the news? Concerned citizen phones Fire department and saves entire Island from conflagration.
ReplyDeletePopulation so indebted they give her an island of her own??
Call me paranoid but 2 in one day seems highly suspicious. Is there a slight smell of gasolene following you around?
ReplyDeleteWhen i say 'gasolen' i do of course mean, erm....petrol.
ReplyDeleteThe apartment fire was in the paper but not the park fire. It's so dry in the summer that these sorts of grass/bush fires are fairly common and not really newsworthy.. but obviously blog worthy... or maybe just my blog worthy.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Naldo, I think that you're the last person at risk for being linguistically colonised by Americanese!
Marnie, you may need to change the "Burner" part of your name. It appears to be setting things alight!
ReplyDeleteSpontaneous combustion Marnie!..... stay away from the Sambucca!
ReplyDelete'Where the fuck have you been all day?'.....LMAO
Marnie, we know you are a hottie but do you need to start fires everywhere you go!!!!
ReplyDeleteBlessing and smiles
Don't be visiting me, I have a wooden house. What a special skill!
ReplyDeleteOh... and of course that would be Rosebay Willow Herb or Fireweed.....doesn't EVERYONE know that?
ReplyDeleteWell they know now don't they, Neil although 'purple things' does have its charm. :-)
ReplyDeleteLol..... being a naive sort of bloke, I have no idea what that means though! I just lol at anything.....
ReplyDeletePeople are so busy lighting fires that they can´t be everywhere at once, maybe.
ReplyDeleteFire prevention was just waiting for a smokin' hot girl like you to come along!
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