I was sitting on my couch trying not to fall asleep at about 10:00 PM when all of the sudden I noticed flashing red lights out infront of my house. I looked again and this time realized there was a fire truck in my driveway with it's lights blazing and about 4 more of them out on the road. My first thought was that my chimney could be on fire and one of the neighbors called the fire department. Once I got my heart out of my throat and calmed my wife down I ran down to the basement and to my relief everything was perfectly normal. The stove was actually down to a nice bed of coals and ready for a reload.
I went outside and all but two of the trucks were hauling ass up the road across the street. When I walked up to a couple of the firemen who were out of their trucks one of them joked and said "I bet that got you out of bed real quick." He said there was a possible chimney fire up the road. I turned on my scanner and all I could make out was something about a fire in the wall and that they had put it out.
That was as close to any kind of a house fire or heart attack that I ever want to get right there!
I went outside and all but two of the trucks were hauling ass up the road across the street. When I walked up to a couple of the firemen who were out of their trucks one of them joked and said "I bet that got you out of bed real quick." He said there was a possible chimney fire up the road. I turned on my scanner and all I could make out was something about a fire in the wall and that they had put it out.
That was as close to any kind of a house fire or heart attack that I ever want to get right there!
Hope everyone down the road was OK and glad you were!
