Life in San Francisco

Fire in the 'Hood


I came home today from my weekly BNI meeting, and saw the tell-tale smoke as I exited the freeway. We've had plenty of fires on the hillside that our house sits on, but they are almost exclusively around the 4th of July.

Fortunately, this fire was not on our hillside, and was of no danger to our house. However, when I tried to actually get to my house, the streets were blocked, and there were more police cars and fire trucks than I have ever seen in one place.

I must have arrived shortly after the fire department, as when I was trying to find a side street to go down, I under estimated, and ended up on a one way street that was totally blocked at the bottom by the fire department.

When I realized that I could not go down, and the alternative was to go back up (in reverse), found out that I am a fine driver going backwards. The cop at the top of the hill, who arrived after I had turned down the street, just waved me on.

And I was worried that I would not have a good picture for today, and would be forced to show you all my dinner again.

Labels: 2010 - Fire Trucks in the Neighborhood, January 7