19 July 2010

Emergency?


Fire Engines, originally uploaded by Ryan McLean.

We were sitting around with a cup of tea this evening when I heard sirens outside. I went out onto the balcony to have a look and was surprised to see that they stopped right outside my sister's flat. The first fire engine turned up and the guys got out and ran into the building. Then the second engine arrived. By this time I was wondering if they knew something that we didn't. Either way I stayed outside watching. Then another engine turned up. This time they firemen didn't rush inside so I figured there was no need to worry and went back to my cup of tea.

4 comments:

Laura Wilson said...

Must be this rough end of town we're living in. Criminals on every street corner! Probably someone set fire to a rubbish bin, in a desperate bid to keep warm. ;-)

Ryan said...

It's deceptive how rough the tree lined groves of the inner-city suburbs can be. Blame those darstedly uni students!

chris said...

See how useful a length of rope would have been!!
Always been prepared

Laura Wilson said...

Ha ha, I can just see us scaling over the balcony on a rope ladder, only to have to be rescued by the (happily present) fire brigade half-way down when we got stuck!!! :-D