I am posting my blog very late today, because I got home late from the fire. The flamenco studio on the end of our block caught on fire yesterday afternoon and it turned into a major fire that threatened the rest of the block. Patrician Design was the most immediately threatened business, and fortunately the firewall between PD and the flamenco studio held. Our offices above Gold Street Cafe got a lot of smoke, but late, after they had the fire out and the power was restored, I opened up the office for some firemen and women who brought a big fan in and blew out as much of the smoke as the could from those offices. While they were blowing smoke out of the offices upstairs, I went downstairs and got all the servers fired back up. After that, the fire marshal gave me permission to secure the office, set the alarms and go home. The photos show the progression of the fire and the last photos are of Patti of Patrician Design celebrating that her boutique didn’t burn down. The fire caused a lot of excitement and anxiety for what started out to be a rather lazy afternoon.
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Now I know why you’re going to need a lot of coffee… Glad you are okay!
Thanks, Herman. Everyone got out of the buildings okay, but the flamenco studio is a total loss. Not a good start of the Christmas season for them.
Wow; how frightening! Most important is that you and everyone else are alright!
Thanks, Nanette. What’s interesting is that we have been creating fire plans for a large school district for the past several months, so we got personal experience with fire.
There are some amazing pictures there! Patricia looks like a lovely lady…
You have your office over a café!? That’s nice… 😉
Your pictures showed the power of a fire very effectively.
Thanks! It was scary how fast it went from a little stream of smoke to an all consuming fire.
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I wonder how that fire got started. Heater perhaps?
Not such a happy pre-Christmas surprise.
Great photos!