Seth got up and I was still laying in bed. This is what I hear: really, really strong gusts of wind, random "grinding" noises, and people outside talking. I was tuning most of it out until I heard these two words: electrical fire. The first thing I saw when I looked out my window was my landlord running away from the building and talking about sparks. Then everyone who was there (except for the firefighters, of course) kept saying someone needs to call the fire department. Funny thing is- none of them were calling.
Well, I guess since the fire department is two blocks away, they must have heard the commotion and decided to come on over. Actually, I knew the second that the call had been made because I immediately heard the siren. There wasn't the typical siren wailing though because it took them all of ten seconds to get here.
The most humorous thing was after four firefighters went into the basement, our landlord follows them in. Seriously? If four firefighters can't handle it, I'm not going to follow behind. What was alarming was that the building could go up in flames at any minute and our landlord wasn't doing a darn thing to notify us.
Turns out there was a lot of electricity coming into the basement of the building we live in and the power had nowhere to go, hence the sparks and smoke. Apparently an electrician came by later to rectify the matter, but I still won't be surprised
Yikes...you should get out while you still can!
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