Every few years we smell smoke... and discover that there is a fire in our part of town.
Yesterday Terry saw a billow of smoke blowing over my mother's nursing home (which partly adjoins our property) and wondered how far away the fire might be...
It created a haze to the west...
When skies had cleared, we decided to investigate.
The fire was in a neighborhood apartment building northwest of my mother's nursing home, about half a block away.
It was big enough to make the news!
We walked around talking to various people, happy to hear that no one had been injured. But, for now, none of the residents of the building would be allowed to even enter it.
With part of the roof destroyed, I wonder the building is reparable or if if will have to be torn down. I guess time will tell.
When we left, firemen were still perched up on high ladders - where they will probably stay all night long, to make sure the fire is all out.
Paramedics were parked nearby.
The Salvation Army was there too, ready to help those displaced by the fire.
It was reassuring to see so many community resources come together at a time like this!
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