Monday 7 March 2005
Flaming hell
Rather ominously after leaving my new home yesterday early evening following day one of it's makeover (god, I ache today), I came across a dozen fire trucks on a street two blocks away attending a fire in a loft building not dissimilar to mine.
I read some stats recently (they were a couple of years old mind) that there are more fires in Chicago than any other major city in the US although the number of fire related deaths reduced last year. Fortunately no one seemed to be hurt yesterday.
There were 507 fires attended to by the Chicago Fire Service last year, so it's not surprising that every morning's news headlines includes one, but surely they are not helping themselves! ¶ 20:02
Rather ominously after leaving my new home yesterday early evening following day one of it's makeover (god, I ache today), I came across a dozen fire trucks on a street two blocks away attending a fire in a loft building not dissimilar to mine.
I read some stats recently (they were a couple of years old mind) that there are more fires in Chicago than any other major city in the US although the number of fire related deaths reduced last year. Fortunately no one seemed to be hurt yesterday.
There were 507 fires attended to by the Chicago Fire Service last year, so it's not surprising that every morning's news headlines includes one, but surely they are not helping themselves! ¶ 20:02
