For the third time in three years our building-wide fire alarm went off.
Not quite dawn. (Dave took this picture when everything was pretty much over.) It took me awhile to wake up enough to realize it was the fire alarm. Before we even got to the first landing on our way down the stairs the alarm stopped.
But we could see flashing lights through the dark out the window so we waited a bit.
And the alarm started again. So we went on down.
Yes, there was a real fire. Yes, this time they hauled hoses into the front door of the building and pumped water. I have no idea why the sauna was on fire but it was.
They got the fire out and the alarms were silenced again.
For a few minutes. Then they went off again.
Seems they were having trouble clearing the smoke from the sauna’s vicinity in the basement.
The sauna, hot tub, exercise room, and the central elevators are currently out of service.
Finally the alarms stopped for the last time and I went back to bed.
But, I did meet a couple more neighbors. One of whom has lived here for 23 years. Guess she likes this place in spite of this type of neighborhood gathering, huh?
TTYL,
Linda
Not the best way to meet your neighbors but sure glad it wasn’t any worse.
So glad no one got hurt. That would sure be a scary way to wake up.
Meeting your neighbors in your pajamas isn’t my idea of a good gathering. However, it’s best to be safe instead of waiting for the fire to get to you. Glad it wasn’t anything big.
Well, at least you didn’t have to go out in the cold and or snow.
hope they fix the elevator quickly… and it doesn’t affect your coming and going.
and just have to say . . .
in spite of the bad news of the fire . . .
i’m in love with the neighborhood! so beautiful. wow.
Some of our best friends in life have come because of life’s “lemonade”!
Odd that you keep having fires though…. that would really get to me. Putting them out is fine — but with me it’s always the WHY they started in the first place. sigh.