Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

I was right about the location: Pratt street, same position on the block as my house is on Lombard. Two houses, both occupied. Nobody knows what started the fire yet. An elderly man with an oxygen tank was taken away before I got there, and a woman from the other house was talking to bystanders on the sidewalk. I saw a fireman loaded onto a stretcher (from his body language he didn't seem to be very messed up, so I'm guessing it's something like a sprain or a strain; I hope that's all it is). Unless an ambulance puts on its siren leaving the scene, I should be done with sirens for a little while. So now back to the sleep attempt. Gotta see if I have any throat lozenges left first.

Most of the fires around here are at night, in winter, a couple blocks farther way from me, and in vacant houses -- and that's plenty bad enough. This time people lost posessions, possibly their homes (I've got no idea how bad the damage is inside; from the outside all I saw was broken windows (every window) and smoke smudges), and were personally in danger. Yeah, I know "these things happen", but still: man, that sucks.

Looks like it's out or mostly out (they're not coiling up the hoses yet, but they're not exactly bustling about urgently either); there's still smoke wafting about but I couldn't see where it was coming out of.

I am soooo tired. (Cue Beatles music.)