Richard came home the other day and was greeted by four of the fire trucks from the Las Condes area parked in the street in front of the building and a large number of nice looking young men in uniform. The orange truck is the from the Deutsche Feuerwehrkompanie station, the red truck is from the US station and the little red and yellow truck is the HAZ MAT and hiding down the street behind the trees was either the French or British style truck hooking up the water just in case. You may notice that each of the fire companies have different uniforms depending on their specialty and training. Once all the trucks were in place, the firemen of each company meet at the entrance to the parking area to determine their entry strategy into the building. With the crowd gathering and the road blocked to traffic, the three larger trucks prepared as the firemen from the HAZ MAT unit with Scot Air Packs proceeded into the lower level of the garage. All the while Margie and Richard stood on the balcony of the building watching.
A few minutes later the firemen emerged victorious!!! The fire in the parking area was subdued and all were able to return to their respective stations for dinner. So what was the event? I was able to converse with the concierge to find out that someone had thown a cigarette into the garage collection area in the basement which created a large amount of smoke, but was contained to a small area.
