Bad Sunday morning

Heard a bunch of sirens yesterday morning then a phone call from a neighbor saying there was a bunch of smoke at my folks place.  Called the renter, she said the fire was next door, at a former tree nursery.  An RV burst into flames, she called 911 but in the 7 minutes it took for the first engine to arrive, it was gone, along with the resident in it.  Don't know what caused it or anything yet.  She said she heard a pop, then a larger explosion then smoke and fire was shooting 20=30 feet in the air.  I didn't know until yesterday that there were 3 RV's parked there with people living in them, along with someone in the former milk house and another in the nursery store.  Also someone lived in a tent all summer.  I suspect the county will be doing some investigating in the near future.  I don't know any of the people there, it was bought late last spring by a guy and from what I've heard he is an electrician who drinks more then a bit.  The deceased was a friend of his "Mike" who was "older", like maybe 60's.  My SIL casually suggested perhaps there was a meth lab in the trailer.  Never smelled anything but it could have been his first , and last, batch.  Still, it's hard to have something like that happen so close to home, not to mention sad for his friends and family.

A phone call like that in the morning will surely wake you up. Good it wasn't your parents place, not so good someone lost their life. You know they're all under the microscope big time now.

Edited by chaskaduo - 05 Nov 2019 at 3:19am