Don't know if I've been good or bad...
I'm now delivering newspapers on a motor route in the middle of the night. Early on Dec. 24, as I stuffed a paper into a customer's box, I got a whiff of awful-smelling smoke, and I looked for the source. It seemed as if a big garage in the back might be on fire. Smoke was coming from near the top of the front gable, and a whole big puff seemed to come out of a large garage door on the side. I'm talking way more smoke than "normal."
I started to move on, then thought "better safe than sorry." I called and described what I saw/smelled to the 911 dispatcher.
He asked if it was an outdoor furnace, and I replied that I couldn't see well enough because two large spotlights were shining in my direction. I didn't add that as a woodburner I know what a wood fire should smell like, and this wasn't even close.
Anyway, 911 guy said he'd send someone to check on it. On my way home, a fire truck passed me going in that direction.
I had just installed an app on my iPhone that turns it into a police/fire scanner. I turned that on and heard the dispatcher giving directions to "my" fire. Then, nothing.
Later, on the afternoon of the 24th, I passed the house on my way to a Christmas Eve Quaker Meeting. In daylight, I could see a stovepipe on the building in question and, sure enough, big garage doors on the side.
So no news is good news; I never heard any more about this. I might have irritated the customer in question. Or, they might be grateful that someone cared. Time will tell...
Nancy
I'm now delivering newspapers on a motor route in the middle of the night. Early on Dec. 24, as I stuffed a paper into a customer's box, I got a whiff of awful-smelling smoke, and I looked for the source. It seemed as if a big garage in the back might be on fire. Smoke was coming from near the top of the front gable, and a whole big puff seemed to come out of a large garage door on the side. I'm talking way more smoke than "normal."
I started to move on, then thought "better safe than sorry." I called and described what I saw/smelled to the 911 dispatcher.
He asked if it was an outdoor furnace, and I replied that I couldn't see well enough because two large spotlights were shining in my direction. I didn't add that as a woodburner I know what a wood fire should smell like, and this wasn't even close.
Anyway, 911 guy said he'd send someone to check on it. On my way home, a fire truck passed me going in that direction.
I had just installed an app on my iPhone that turns it into a police/fire scanner. I turned that on and heard the dispatcher giving directions to "my" fire. Then, nothing.
Later, on the afternoon of the 24th, I passed the house on my way to a Christmas Eve Quaker Meeting. In daylight, I could see a stovepipe on the building in question and, sure enough, big garage doors on the side.
So no news is good news; I never heard any more about this. I might have irritated the customer in question. Or, they might be grateful that someone cared. Time will tell...
Nancy