Fire Happens.
Posted by nathan on 13 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: my life.
Last night something crazy happened. Fire happened.
Emily and I were out for our run, and as we were walking our cool-down past the church property, we were watching them bail the field. They had a big, black Dually truck pulling a long trailer, and a bobcat was loading the large round bails onto the trailer.
I heard a whistle and looked over, and the guy in the truck stuck in head out the window and was saying something, i don’t know what. Next time I looked back, I noticed the truck hood was open. Odd, i thought. As we continued to walk toward home, our neighbor Randy the Fireman pulled out very quickly, fire lights a-flashing. ‘It’s Tuesday night, I think it’s their night to practice.’ I told my wife.
About that time, we needed to cross the road. As i was carefully checking traffic, i looked right, and there was fire…
It took some brain processing, but i put two and two together…There was a hill between the truck and us, so it was hard to see what exactly was on fire. Soon i verified the truck was on fire!
Then, the truck was driving away.
What? Yes, there were 6-foot flames (my guess from 400 yards out) blazing out of the truck, but it was moving!
Then, i noticed they were pushing it with the bobcat. They probably didn’t want to catch all those bails on the trailer on fire, and that was probably a very good idea.
That’s about all for now, but wanted to leave you with a thought: fire happens.
Have you ever had a run-in with fire?
btw, the photo in this entry is not an actual photo of the truck, in case you were wondering.
EDIT: the guy whose truck caught on fire was just in. He said the air conditioner motor caught on fire, and the two guys working were not able to put out it out. The motor melted plastic which then dripped on the carpet, and once the carpet started on fire, there was no way to stop it. He said there was literally nothing left inside the truck, only metal. No seats. no plastic consoles, nothing. The guys working when the fire broke out were able to get his briefcase out, which he was very thankful for, as it contained several checkbooks and checks. Anyway, just wanted to give an update…
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