Gan
11-20-2007, 12:54 PM
Hearing sirens real loud outside your house and instead of hearing them recede in the distance (dopplar effect) you notice that they stop abruptly.
Then you see lots of red lights and the sound of running diesel engines outside your front yard.
At 4:45 AM in the morning, this morning.
House across the street burned down. Elderly couple inside, the man got out, the woman was not ambulatory and remained inside until crews could get into to get her out. No word on her condition, last I knew she was still at the nearby hospital.
Fire response escalated from routine 2 pumper/1 ladder/1 supervisor to 4 pumpers/2 ladders/3 ambulances/2 supv. + capt. and asst. capt./heavy rescue truck/and mobile O2 unit. They were lined up for almost 2 blocks either direction. And now there are umpteen arson investigators rummaging through the house because it involved a victim.
:(
Not a good morning for a birthday morning.
Then you see lots of red lights and the sound of running diesel engines outside your front yard.
At 4:45 AM in the morning, this morning.
House across the street burned down. Elderly couple inside, the man got out, the woman was not ambulatory and remained inside until crews could get into to get her out. No word on her condition, last I knew she was still at the nearby hospital.
Fire response escalated from routine 2 pumper/1 ladder/1 supervisor to 4 pumpers/2 ladders/3 ambulances/2 supv. + capt. and asst. capt./heavy rescue truck/and mobile O2 unit. They were lined up for almost 2 blocks either direction. And now there are umpteen arson investigators rummaging through the house because it involved a victim.
:(
Not a good morning for a birthday morning.