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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Scary...



So, this evening Keturah and I were sitting in the living room talking about running and then we started hearing some weird stuff across the street.   First we heard some squeaking and then popping and then a boom.  Out of the corner of my eye it looked like the entire other side of the block was on fire so I ran to the window and the neighbor's tree had burst into flames and started climbing onto the roof of the house.  I yelled for Nate to come help so he ran and got our tiny fire extinguisher and I called 911.  There was one other neighbor outside on the phone with the fire department and he grabbed a garden hose.  The guys got the fire out just as the 4 fire trucks arrived!  The most amazing part about the whole thing is that we kept trying to get the attention of the people who lived inside, but they didn't hear us so our neighbor Laurie ran to the house next to them and they finally got ahold of them by calling them on the phone.  They tried banging on the bedroom window, calling their names and everything, but finally it was the phone call that did it.  Pretty scary.  Everyone is ok and the house didn't get too much damage.  Just the tree on the right side got pretty burned up.   

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Never a dull moment! Wow! Hope they thanked Nate & the other neighbor! I have noticed that a woman over there was always out smoking on the front porch - hmmmm! Did Zeke like the firetrucks?! Glad it didn't get out of control - too close! Donna

Anonymous said...

Sounds like firefighter Nate should ask for a full sized fire extingisher to keep in the new shed! That is very scary -- and I am sure Zeke was just thankful that it wasn't his special apple tree!

candicelr said...

How scary! Thank goodness Nate and the neighbor were there to help. I'm so glad everyone is ok!

Anonymous said...

So glad everyone is OK -- that is very scary! Glad to see the run went so well for you guys -- don't make it too long till you come and stay again! Aunt Val :-)