Crazy house fire

[JVO]

So I came home from work friday and parked my truck in the garage (which is about 100 yards from my house). Moments later I realized that I had forgotten something, so I made the long trek back down to the garage. When I arrived at the garage I noticed that there were a couple fire trucks coming down the street sirens ablaze. Literally seconds later, the house directly behind mine EXPLODED!!!!! Immediately after, the entire 3 storey house burst into flames that must have reached 200 feet high. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Within minutes the population of the shitty town in which I live TRIPLED in size. At one point I counted 59 fire, police and ambulance automobiles. Moments later the Sheriff's Department came and tried to get me to leave, but since I was on my truck at my house and a safe distance away they had to let me stay. Within a few minutes there were 30 people (over 10% of the population of the town) sitting in our driveway watching the show. For the first couple of hours, every 15 minutes or so, there would be another explosion and the flames could be seen from a long way away. This crazy news lady came with her news van and lackeys in tow, and parked in our driveway (nearly running a couple of people over). Now I have an incredible hatred for the media, so I politely told the media lady (see American Gods) that they needed to move their van off of our property and no member of the media was permitted to be on our property. This was a huge inconvenience for them because, with the exception of our house (which was being used as a sort of headquarters), the police had blocked off a section of the town several blocks long to keep people away. A couple of my neighbors, my brother in law, and I spent 5 hours sitting in our driveway watching the show. After a while many of the firefighters came over too. We all sat there and drank beer and watched the house sizzle to the ground. It was a tremendous amount of fun.

I tried to take several pictures, but capturing fire at night from a distance of several hundred feet doesn't work too well.

Oh, cause of fire? Multiple Meth labs!

[007]

Wow, that's an amazing story. Did you know these people? Did you know about the Meth Labs (or have suspicions)?

Also, good job screwing the media.

[slam]

60 emergency cars in armstrong? i didn't know there were enough streets to hold that many! did you see any of the glasgow firefighters?

man, that's crazy shit. reminds me of the time i got to wake up in jr. high and watch the school burn down across the street. it didn't explode, though.

meth is fun!

[JVO]

I really didn't know anything about the neighbors. My family is connected with the gossip mill, but I make it a point to pay no attention. There had been numerous rumors about meth labs, but I never thought too much about it. As far as I know, it was a lady with a couple of kids. I guess the kids had been relocated (thanks social services) awhile ago. I know the lady was gone the entire night, so I am not sure what is going to happen to her. The fact that nobody was hurt is a miracle. If someone was in that house (or even walking past) at the time of the first explosion, I don't think there is anyway they could have survived. I was probably 200 feet away and I could feel the pressure waves push me back a little.

yeah, fitting all those vehicles was not easy. There was rescue personnel from Glasgow (I am sure they were hanging out at the FishBeak!), Fayette, Booneville, and Roanoke. They had to close down highway V and parked most of the vehicles there.

[Soul Queen]

That story is CRAZY and very entertaining.

Ahh meth labs, hicks with nothing to do except make their own drugs.

[Diamond Vision]

drugs? explosions? crazy media coverage?
sounds like your neighbors are terrorists.

... now let's sit back and wait for the government cover up!

[jason, inc.]

Christ!

[matty]

Other than the fact that the residents of Armstrong turn into dogs at night, that is probably the most interesting thing I've ever heard about that podunk town.

[JVO]

Yeah, that is a pretty sad!

[larryhead]

Damn JVO, that story is fucked up.

My bedroom window looks almost directly into our neighbors living room and they are always awake at all hours of the night. From what I can see inside there is just a ton of random shit, like lots of tools, a blowup mattress, a cat and a big dog.

Mabye it's nothing, but I have my suspicions. Hopefully it doesn't blow up!