Here on the west coast (I am in BC) we have a total fire ban because of the tinder dry conditions. The town of Lytton was just completely destroyed in a matter of minutes because of a human caused fire.
So I’m dozing off when I catch the tiniest whiff of smoke which had me flying out of bed and to the window to see if the forest is on fire. No, it’s just the neighbour with a huge backyard fire.
They’re going to have a weenie roast!
I called a few numbers that I could see online to report a fire but it’s for wildfires and forest fires. I just called the local RCMP to ask them and was told to immediately call 911. I called 911 and told them and they said they would send out (I don’t actually remember who she said she was sending out) and after about 8 minutes I could see the flashing lights of the fire chief’s truck.
The neighbours instantly sprung into action trying to put out the fire (which was a good 5 feet high and sparking all over by this time) but ended up causing a huge amount of smoke, like a signal to the fire chief “Here! the idiots are over here!”.
Anyway they ended up pouring water all over it, packing up and going inside. I hope they got fined!