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For the second time since I have lived in the HK, there has been a building fire on my street. Around 11am on Sunday morning (no judgement on my sleep patterns...) I awoke to the smell of smoke from my open bedroom window. I was actually thinking about the smell in a dream and then my conscious was like "wake up, there could be a fire!" When I looked out the window a huge billow of black smoke came toward me and I was sure that my building was on fire. No fire alarms going off and no smoke in my hall, I went back to the window and realized it was coming from the corner building on my block (I'm about 2 building down from 10th Avenue). As the fire trucks wailed on my street I threw on some clothes/shoes, grabbed my purse (and Ricky), went wake up my roommate and then flew out the door. The adrenaline running through my body was so intense! I went across the street and watched the building en fuego...I was shaking, watching it was frightening. I knew it wouldn't spread into my building, but I was more concerned with the people waiting on their fire escape to be rescued by the FDNY. Thankfully, no one was hurt and everyone made it safely out of the building! My grandma has this saying "jaimes deux sans trois" which means "never two without three"...needless to say I'll be purchasing some fire insurance on my apartment!
Here's a video I found online of the fire that day!
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I edited a story yesterday about how fools who fly a lot are slightly flame-retardant because of all the anti-fire chemicals on planes! They seep on into your blood . . . Thank God for the Future Cali office--you may be safe!
I took the video you linked to. My wife and I were visiting NYC from Portland, OR. We walked right up onto the fire as it happened. It was obvious something was wrong just from the behavior of those on the street before I could tell there was a fire. The guy next to us was already on the phone to 9-1-1 so I pulled out my video camera and started recording. I've actually been in touch with one of the FDNY guys from the truck that rescued the 90 year old woman from the third floor. No one was seriously injured, though some firefighters came out of it with burns and broken bones including the first guy you see going in through the window to the right of the fire. My hats off to their bravery and courage.
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