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Location: Napa, Ca
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Got to play fireman today...Red truck, too
I was leaving my job this afternoon in a small homeowner's association complex.
I got around the loop and smelled smoke. I drove ahead and talked to a homeowner who was out sniffing around. In my rear view mirror I saw HUGE amounts of smoke coming from beween two homes about 50 yards behind me. I through the truck ( red ) into reverse and went in to action. I went to the gate and looked to see the back deck on fire...Flames well overhead by now. Now imagine this, cell phone in one hand up to ear with 911, garden hose with water running in other trying to get through the gate. Got in!! Now I'm telling 911 the address while I am standing 15 feet from the fire and trying to put it out. "I'm trying to put the fire out right now!!" I said to them. Got off the phone and finished the job, I could hear the sirens of the trucks coming. I went out front and flagged the firemen my way and went back to running the hose. It was crazy, the firemen were chopping the deck up with axes while I was spraying the smoldering wood. Total rush. The homeowner, who was out, came back in hysterics. "My dog, my dog!!" All was fine. KT
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Back in the saddle again
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they should teach their dog that it's dangerous to play with matches.
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Re: Got to play fireman today...Red truck, too
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 Oh, never mind, I figured it out Good job!
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08-31-2006, 03:37 PM
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One more chapter to this story...
There is some sort of worker doing repairs on this property. ( wood on sawhorse and sheet rock in yard ). I wonder where he was Hmmmm.... KT
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08-31-2006, 03:51 PM
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Here's a spy shot I took this morning. They cleaned it up pretty good but I added the dashes to the picture so you can see how much deck was on fire.
Sounds like it was cigerette related.  The fire dept told the homeowner that 5-10 minutes more and her house and the nieghbors may have been badly damaged.  KT
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