About ten minutes after I arrived home from Warrenton yesterday, my neighbor Darlene called. “Y’all burning leaves over there today?” “No, why?” (Silly me) “Well ya better look out your front door, your lots on fire.”
I did and it wasn’t quite my lot, but surely looked it from her viewpoint and it could be soon enough if I didn’t stop it from coming over here.
I turned off the stove where I was preparing dinner and het on out the back door. Spring is here but I haven’t hooked up garden hoses or anything yet. This was a good time to do it. While I was trying to untangle the extra hoses, the DISH people showed up to untangle our new receiver because the first one didn’t work. Carmen went into the house and her husband graciously helped me with the hose. That fire was HOT!
Neighbor Darlene called 911, I was trying to put the fire out closest to the house. (Brother is on full time oxygen) He doesn’t even know what is going on outside cause he’s fixing his TV programs.
With most of the fire out, Reggie and his partner of the North Carolina Forest Service showed up from south of Warrenton, near Louisburg! Cavalry to the rescue! Yea! Macon Rural Fire Company followed shortly afterward. Their big powerful hoses squelched the fire quickly, soaking the area so it wouldn’t start up again after they left. They also had control further down the lot where my hoses wouldn’t reach.
Whew! Nice guys. Modern day heroes.
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