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Neighbors house burning.

hickslawns

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We had one heck of a fire on Christmas Eve a few years back. Single digits and blowing hard. Family was away at relatives for the festivities. It was in the evening while most people were gathered together until they were ready to return home. Nobody saw the fire until the flames were through the roof. Literally. Total loss and had to be devastating for the family on this night. We all had inches of ice on us from the hose lines blowing the water back on us. Had another one a few years prior to this one on New Year's Eve. Talk about two nights out of the year when it is tough to round up Volunteers. Fortunately, this was at the department I volunteer which has full time and volunteers. Still rough when you are short handed to fight the fire. Rougher yet being the holidays.