Well, that was a little scary.

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.

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

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

mmmmmmmm…firemen

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.