Friday started out to be an average day, just sitting around watching the clock willing it to say 5:00 and then about 9:30......
The FIRE ALARM goes off. This happens occasionally and has always been a false alarm. Needless to say because of this, we all just kind of sat around hoping it would stop making that horrible loud noise. I was getting a headache. About 10 minutes into the alarm going off, one of our guys went upstairs to the library and guess what there is a definite smell of smoke. At this point, we all decide its time to vacate the premises. The fire department arrived on scene and it was determined that there was a fire in the equipment room on the top floor of the building. We spent 2.5 hours outside in the sun watching smoke escaping from the top of the building. It was smoldering and we were hot, then it rained and cooled us off until it quit and the sun made steam out of our wet clothes. A fun day was not had by all. Jackson Fire put out the fire and it was contained to the equipment room. There was a lot of smoke in the libary and the city print shop, we had some smoke but mostly a horrific sulfuric smell. Due to this fact we remained at work all day long. I was not sure that 5:00 would ever arrive, my eyes were burning and my contacts were practically popping out of my eyes. I went directly home and showered and relieved my eyes of the contacts. Pretty much the day was a bust, but I'm thankful that nobody was hurt and the books in the library are safe. The smell is still here today but hopefully it will fade sooner than later.
No comments:
Post a Comment