Fire in the building!

This afternoon at five, I heard a woman's voice out in the hall. "There's a fire in the building. We have to evacuate." I didn't react at first. Then people in the office started moving towards the closet to get their clothes. I packed my things and grabbed my coat., following Christine down the stairs. It felt like more than six flights.

Outside, fire trucks lined the road. Firefighters walked into the building. One woman tried to convince them to let her back up to the seventh floor where no one was moving. A man explained that the carbon monoxide levels were elevated. We gathered and waited. I asked if there were alarms, or if the only warning system involved criers in the hall.

Eventually, I went home. I stopped by the grocery store and bought vegetables and made tofu stir fry. Later, I asked Guillemette about the proper way to clean mushrooms. She laughed and wrote back, "this is a very cute question," then called to explain. Posted by eku at January 25, 2005 8:05 PM