Fire!We were all in my aunt's kitchen at the back of her huge rambling Victorian house. I was only small and had wandered off to go to the loo, but given up after finding the hall full of smoke. "That was quick," my mum said after a few minutes. "Yes - it's all smoky," I replied.
I've never seen adults move so fast.
So, like my cousin who'd managed to set fire to the roof, tell us your fire stories.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Nov 2005, 9:11)
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I used to work on a burns unit......possibly the most memorable 'cause of burn' I have heard came from a chap who was adnmitted to the unit suffering from deep burns to most of the upper body.
It transpired that this chap was a psychiatric patient, recently discharge home.
He's stopped taking his tablets and decided, as he was cold, to burn all of his furniture and most of his clothing in the living room.
The lack of an actual chimney or fireplace did not deter him from this.
Anyway, fire gets going and he decides that the fire is a bit much and that he's got to get out.
Unfortunately the only door out was blocked by the now raging inferno, so he grabbed some clothing and climbed out the window.
The third floor window.
The emergency services when they arrived on the scene were rather bemused, to be greeted by the sight of a guy, stark bollock naked apart from a yellow plastic mac(now melted onto him), complete with yellow fisherman's hat, hanging from a third storey window.....
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Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Fri 4 Nov 2005, 17:27,
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