Well, that was a little scary.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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AAAAAAAGH.

Hanging around the apartment today, cleaning and whatnot. (Okay, I was slacking and reading the boards, but, whatever.) I heard an alarm go off, but my window is open and I thought it was a car alarm. It kept on for a couple of minutes, and then I heard sirens. Sirens and alarms just aren’t all that unusual around here, but then I heard voices in the hallway and doors slamming. So I crack the door to see what’s up.

THE HALLWAY IS FILLED WITH SMOKE AND THERE ARE FIREMEN. :eek:

I slam the door and put on some pants and sandals and go out my door and down the hallway, gagging all the way. People outside, firemen, fire trucks. . . my neighbor’s oven caught on fire! FTR, he’s blind, and his sponsor was there today, giving him a cooking lesson. It’s apparently the first time they’ve used the oven, there was nothing in it. . . yet it caught on fire.

I suppose it was nothing big, as we are allowed back in the building, but. . . ugh! I’m all shaky and nervous now.

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((Jessity)) Glad it wasn’t worse! Everyone OK?

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To my knowledge fire alarms sound completely and distinctly different from car alarms. What did the fire alarm sound like?

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mmmmmmmm…firemen

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Yup, everyone is okay. Just a little shook up.

“Beep beep beep.” I have heard tons of car alarms - they all sound different. It never for a second occurred to me that there was a fire in my apartment building.

My window was open, too, which made me think it was coming from outdoors - the neighbor’s window was open so that’s where I was hearing it from.

And yes, Jar, the firemen were yummy.