One Saturday a few weeks back, Kathryn and I were heading out for a morning walk and our neighborhood conspired to make things a bit more unusual than we were expecting. First off there was an apartment fire a few blocks away from us which was being put out though smoke was billowing all over the place. We've seen a few aparment fires and one at the docks in the last few years, so this wasn't in itself THAT surprising.
The fact that it coincided with the date of the Vancouver Sun Run and that there were 50000+ people now swarming through the exact area people were trying to fight a fire in did complicate things slightly.
Though in the end it was only a minor complication and its hats off all around to the Vancouver Fire Department for casually rerouting a torrent of runners out of their way and saving a building at the same time.
Kathryn read later that the fire was believed to have been caused by an elderly occupant leaving candles unattended, which once again serves as a warning to us all to be careful with open flames left alone in your home. Much like alligators, they can start off cute but they grow without warning and can make your apartment life awful.
The fact that it coincided with the date of the Vancouver Sun Run and that there were 50000+ people now swarming through the exact area people were trying to fight a fire in did complicate things slightly.
Though in the end it was only a minor complication and its hats off all around to the Vancouver Fire Department for casually rerouting a torrent of runners out of their way and saving a building at the same time.
Kathryn read later that the fire was believed to have been caused by an elderly occupant leaving candles unattended, which once again serves as a warning to us all to be careful with open flames left alone in your home. Much like alligators, they can start off cute but they grow without warning and can make your apartment life awful.
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