Fire!!!

f Last night Fabri, Andrea, Cheech, Mario, Lucrezia and I were in a fire! A real fire!

Everyone was tired. I was frustrated cause yesterday I didn't manage to get anything accomplished in Maya and my 'Littlest Pet Shop' work as well as my the class itself were being compromised.

I was drinking Strongbow Cider. I had a discussion with the barmaid about it (Cidro in Italian). They didn't have it on tap. I was drinking poured from the bottle into half-pint glasses.

The conversation was as follows: Andrea wanted to convince Mario and Cheech to come see a CRF motorcycle, Cheech wanted to fool everyone into thinking his graduation was the 23rd of December (we decided that it's actually the 22nd). Lucrezia had ribs and french fries that had too much fat on them.

The truth was it was a very boring night. So, logical as we are we decided to pack it in and head home. Not a moment too soon....

SUDDENLY

Well, not that suddenly, but we all noticed that the fireplace int he room next to the door was a bit hotter and more orange than it had been. Then we noticed embers falling from the ceiling, then we noticed... well, I didn't notice anything actually cause I was already shouting at people to leave (stupidly I must admit in English 'out out!!')...

And then the pub was on fire.

And then we were standing in the street wondering how the hell it went up so fast.

And then we were running away cause we couldn't breathe cause the black smoke was billowing out of the windows.

It took a while for the firetrucks to arrive and when they did they didn't have oxygen masks or anything. I was disapointed for that. They did have axes, but didn't seem to do anything with them.

We had to walk all the way around the block to get back to the car cause eventually they closed the street off.

A real fire. Wow.

Photo Courtesy of Fabrizio Lingesso the day after the fire (today).