Portable Fire

From Ted Bownas over at Firefighter Nation comes this little story:

The gentleman was heavy-set, neatly dressed in chinos and a button-down shirt, and well-spoken. ” I hope so,” he replied with no appearance of distress. “I’ve got a fire I need put out.”

Now he had my attention. “Um, what kind of fire?” I asked, trying to peer around him. I was envisioning a car fire - it wouldn’t have been the first time someone drove up to the firehouse with a smoldering mouse nest or something under the hood. He shuffled his Docksiders in embarrassment. “Well - a mattress fire, actually,” he replied. ” I was smoking a cigarette in bed - I know you’re not supposed to, but I was, and…well…I guess I lit my mattress on fire.”

Read the rest. I can’t vouch for the truthfulness of the story but sometimes you just never know. Even if it is embellished, it’s a good story that’ll make you shake your head.

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