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09/13/2005: "Alert Neighbor Averts Potential Disaster"

A potential life threatening fire was averted in the early morning hours on Monday when smoke and fire was noticed by a neighbor who happened to be up, and quickly responded by calling 911, waking the occupants of the dwelling, and then started fighting the fire.

The potential for injury was compounded by the fact that because the fire started outside of the building the smoke alarms inside had not been activated, so the residents were not alerted to the danger until their neighbor came to their rescue

The fire department was able to finish up the job and determine that the threat was gone; and by time they returned to their respective stations, put away their gear and cleaned-up, what remained of the time left over for some shut-eye before going to their day jobs was gone.