{"id":682,"date":"2007-06-25T19:36:55","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T23:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/06\/25\/sizzle-pop-bang-boom\/"},"modified":"2010-10-05T01:40:22","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T05:40:22","slug":"sizzle-pop-bang-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/06\/25\/sizzle-pop-bang-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Sizzle, pop, bang &#8211; BOOM!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>On Saturday our neighbors tree caught on fire!  One of the branches fell down onto the electric power line below and it started sizzling away.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I was upstairs when this happened.  I looked out the window because I saw a person circling in the intersection looking down the street beside our semi detached house.  I wrote it off as just someone doing something a little weird.<\/p>\n<p>A few minutes later someone knocked on our door to tell us that the tree beside our neighbors- the neighbors who&#8217;s house is attached to ours was on fire!<\/p>\n<p>Ahhhh!<\/p>\n<p>Chris ran outside to see how bad it was and I picked up the phone to call the fire department!   I got 911 on the phone and in a shaky voice told them &#8221; the tree next to our house is burning! It&#8217;s a big maple, a branch fell on the electric power line!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, as would happen, I&#8217;d just had a shower and my hair was wet and all over the place. Never the less I ran outside to have a look for myself.<\/p>\n<p>By this time it appeared the fire was stopping or slowing down.  I went back inside the house to at least comb my hair &#8230; our houses weren&#8217;t on fire and the tree didn&#8217;t look like it was going to fall .. and the phone rang. This time it was the police calling me just to verify the info that I&#8217;d told them and to let me know that fire trucks and police were on the way.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>As I was on the phone there was a loud explosion!  A big bang!  Of course I&#8217;m freaking out a bit as I&#8217;m talking to the police after that! LOL<\/p>\n<p>I later found out that the explosion was the electric box that the wires powering the adjoining street, and our neighbors house went into.  Amazingly we still had power.<\/p>\n<p>In the end the fire contained itself and Hydro &#8211; our Toronto power company, came along to reset the electricity &#8211; one whole street was out but our house still had power &#8211; and I think they trimmed the tree too.<\/p>\n<p>It was an exciting few hours but in the end didn&#8217;t amount to all that much.<\/p>\n<p>I did learn a few things though &#8230; the tree was burning for at least 10 minutes before I called the fire department.  Others were aware that there was a fire &#8211; especially when you consider the person walking strangely across the street that I&#8217;d seen from my upstairs window.<\/p>\n<p>I was the only person to call 911.<\/p>\n<p>The neighbor who&#8217;s house was affected was so scared he stayed inside the house!<\/p>\n<p>Hello people .. if your house has a huge chance of catching on fire get the heck out!  Number one rule!<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>So I guess I live in a neighborhood filled with people who have no clue what to do in an emergency situation.  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