Dibbons
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I was not at the upstairs apartment we rent (owners live downstairs) last week but the wife was there. It was 1:30 AM and she was still up watching a video or something because it was still so hot at that time. She heard a funny crackling sound. Then she noticed a shiny reflection on the open metal apartment front door. Took a peek outside to find what you can see in the first photo.
There was a giant pile of dry tree limbs that had been trimmed over the last few weeks in the back yard that had caught fire somehow. She saved the day (woke up the residents, called the fire department, moved her car out of the yard, etc.)
There are no fire hydrants in this Mexican desert city. The water on board the responding fire truck ran out of water before the fire was extinguished. As protocol would have it, water tanker trucks respond to the fires as well. After the arrival of the auxiliary water, the fire was put out and only an outhouse was damaged by the heat and flames.
There was a giant pile of dry tree limbs that had been trimmed over the last few weeks in the back yard that had caught fire somehow. She saved the day (woke up the residents, called the fire department, moved her car out of the yard, etc.)
There are no fire hydrants in this Mexican desert city. The water on board the responding fire truck ran out of water before the fire was extinguished. As protocol would have it, water tanker trucks respond to the fires as well. After the arrival of the auxiliary water, the fire was put out and only an outhouse was damaged by the heat and flames.