Another Silver Lining To Our Staying At Home.

Our volunteer firemen shine.

Just after lunch I looked out the window and saw a barrage of heavy black smoke pirouetting across the top of our neighbour's roof, more than the normal ' burning of backyard twigs ' would make. Add to that the high wind speeds we've been having all day. Yikes, it needed investigating.

Walking up our garden I soon realized that it indeed was a proper fire and hotfooted it back inside to phone my neighbour, whose parents live near where the plumes of smoke were emitted. She told me that the news had spread and that the fire was in someone else's yard and that the siren had been sounded.

Taking a warm jacket I hastily walked up the road to see and stumbled upon what seemed like most of our village looking on and almost the whole fire department at work in their respective gear, holding the high pressure hoses while dousing a burning garden shed. Gosh, the flames were stubborn and I must admit to having a twinge of fear lest sparks made it to our barn or house.

Most of our firemen must have been attending ( Bob couldn't because he was at work a long way away ) and thus tamed the beast soon enough. Thank goodness for all of us being quarantined at home because on normal days hardly any of the volunteer firemen would be at home.

A little while later I had to head out to Deutsch Schüzten for my afternoon food deliveries and couldn't help but smile when I passed the fire station...there they were, everyone's cars parked hastily but orderly on the verges showing that most came to help as soon as the siren was sounded. A huge thank you to our fire department because without them it could have been horrid, and definitely not what we need at a time like this...

P/S: It was great to see all the spectators keeping their two meters of distance from each other.

Biggi