stephanieNY

Whoa! The building across the street was just on fire! A real live fire. Way too many engines were pulling up outside for it to be a simple oven malfunction, so I watched to find out. Then flames started pouring (no exaggeration) out of the 11th floor, so I got my camera (don't judge). They NYFD worked faster than me, because I missed the flames but got the subsequent stream of smoke and water spray. The crazy thing about it is just as I was standing in my living room window watching it all, lots of people were doing the same exact thing, except from the building that was on fire. I guess NYC fire codes don't require building-wide alarm systems in these old places. Yikes.

Now my room smells like smoke because my window was open. It usually smells like the restaurant right below us...and not of what they're cooking, but more like what they're throwing away. Is it awful that I'm kind of enjoying the subtle smell of a burning building right now? It's only because it doesn't make me think of dumpsters and rats as I fall asleep.