Keeping up with the Cincys: Fire Excitement

On Sunday, we went to an event called "Touch A Truck". There was a big parking lot full of fire trucks, tow trucks, ambulances, police cars, and a school bus. (Basically anything with a siren.) Lily got to see them up close and even sit in the driver's seat of some of them. (All the pictures are on Grandma's camera, so I don't have any to share.) Take my word for it, she had lots of fun!

Little did we know that we'd get to see a fire truck at OUR HOUSE on the same day! After dinner, the sky was turning a funny color due to a storm on the way. Matt likes to look at that stuff, so he opened our front door to check things out. The wind was REALLY strong and there was a funny smokey smell in the air. The next time Matt looked out the front door he saw one of our bushes on fire!

As he went to get the hose, a neighbor came rushing over with a bucket because he wasn't sure if we were home. Thank goodness we were, because it could have spread to our other bushes and our tree and who knows where else!

As Matt was hosing down the bush, another one of ours started smoldering. Then we saw smoke start at the base of a neighbor's tree. Crazy! We thought maybe there was something underground or a gas leak or something, so we called the fire department.

They came and checked things out, but didn't have to do much, since Matt had already put everything out. They said it was a combination of the heat and wind that caused our mulch to catch fire. They checked for electrical or gas issues but didn't find anything. I guess it's pretty common for this to happen to mulch, especially when it gets really compact and really hot.

So fortunately, there were no injuries or major damage. Just a little bit of excitement for about a half hour. And a good opportunity for fun photos with Lily :)

Daddy showing Lily the fire truck