Tom
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I was jointly manning a booth with a colleague at an event last Tuesday and, driving into a full parking lot, my passenger said "park in the court at the end of the street outside". I semi-jokingly said "I'd better park away from that fire hydrant". I also asked why an area of the parking lot was taped off, and was told "that's for the fire engine".
I later observed the catering truck/trailer try to park. It was a local hamburger provider, but I didn't pay too much attention.
Throughout the event, folks were wandering off to get their hamburger and whatever. It was getting close to 5.30pm when we agreed it was our turn to eat. Before we could move, the fire alarm went off in the building, followed by the first of several loud bangs, which turned out to propane tanks blowing. My colleague, a resident of the local community that owns this property, headed out to the lobby. He came back saying "it's for real, and we need to evacuate the building".
Outside, the catering trailer and truck were fully engulfed in flames. Fortunately, the fire department was participating in the event, and were already on scene. One of our group was standing in line for a hamburger when she heard someone say "get out of here now", and all the caterers jumped out of the window of the trailer before things erupted.
A local cop, who was also an EMT guy, saw a serious burn victim and immediately requested a helicopter to evactuate the victim to the burn unit at Sacramento/Davis. The helicopter was on scene promptly, landed on the golf course, and the victim was carried from the pool table (makeshift emergency bed) to the chopper and flown off.
The press version is slightly different, but I didn't see any press on scene.
Oh yes, my paranoia with fire - read this.
I later observed the catering truck/trailer try to park. It was a local hamburger provider, but I didn't pay too much attention.
Throughout the event, folks were wandering off to get their hamburger and whatever. It was getting close to 5.30pm when we agreed it was our turn to eat. Before we could move, the fire alarm went off in the building, followed by the first of several loud bangs, which turned out to propane tanks blowing. My colleague, a resident of the local community that owns this property, headed out to the lobby. He came back saying "it's for real, and we need to evacuate the building".
Outside, the catering trailer and truck were fully engulfed in flames. Fortunately, the fire department was participating in the event, and were already on scene. One of our group was standing in line for a hamburger when she heard someone say "get out of here now", and all the caterers jumped out of the window of the trailer before things erupted.
A local cop, who was also an EMT guy, saw a serious burn victim and immediately requested a helicopter to evactuate the victim to the burn unit at Sacramento/Davis. The helicopter was on scene promptly, landed on the golf course, and the victim was carried from the pool table (makeshift emergency bed) to the chopper and flown off.
The press version is slightly different, but I didn't see any press on scene.
Oh yes, my paranoia with fire - read this.