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Old 05-4-2012, 10:15 PM   #1
Cavernio
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Default No wonder I'm scared of fires

There was yet another fire from viewpoint of my apartment just now. It was in the brush next to the walking trail so it could've been bad, but the firemen were there at the same time I smelled the smoke.
Some teenagers purposefully burned some skids in the parking lot a couple years ago there, RIGHT next to the same brush-filled area...on a dry day.
The old business on the other side of that parking lot caught fire this summer. Was so badly burnt that the building was demolished afterwards.
A couple streets across the way someone's house caught fire last year, saw the flames from my window easily.
And the piece de resistance, just across the street someone's house exploded a couple years back. They were on vacation and left the gas on or something. The shockwave shook my entire building. I thought the bombs were dropping or something before I saw the flames from the window.

I've only lived where I am 3.5 years and witnessed 5 nearby fires.
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