Wow!
Your sequence of pictures made me laugh a lot - "And then the fire brigade turned up..." and the following pic looks like the entire street has caught fire :lol:
(I realised after a bit that it was the engine's headlights...)
A couple of years back, on bonfire night, a car caught fire in our street, just across the road from us. We're on the first floor and had a grandstand view. Didn't get too far before the fire brigade arrived, so not nearly so spectacular.
But I did learn one thing, that cliche about firemen arousing interest in the wimins... it's true! No idea why, but every woman in the street was outside long after the fire was out. Even Mrs R was "why didn't you tell me there were firemen?!!" when she found out why I was looking out the window...
