I was actually up early this morning sitting here having my coffee and I hear this BOOM, like something exploded. Ok, that was odd but whatever. I live in Orlando, I'm used to hearing odd noises. Not 10 minutes later I hear police and fire truck sirens so of course, I go outside to see what's going on. The sirens sounded like they were in my complex and I live near the front so yes, I was a little concerned. I go outside and see this black, black smoke billowing into the sky and freaked. It looked like it was coming from one of the buildings in my complex. Walked a little further and no, it's the complex next door. It's a 2 alarm fire and one child was transported to the local hospital for children and women and a couple of other people were injured.
One of my neighbors who was over there said they think it was a gas stove but I have found out it wasn't. They have electric stoves there too. What I saw were red/orange flames coming out of the roof about 4-5 feet. It scared the chit out of me! He also said the building is completely gone. Please, pray for these families. It saddens me as I know someone that used to live there and it's everyone's worst nightmare. I don't know what I would do if it was me.
As of the 8 p.m. local news 6 buildings were damaged...craziness!
To see the article, go to http://cfnews13.com/News/Local/2007/9/1/4_buildings_in_orlando_apartment_complex_on_fire.html
It is The Grove Apartments on Conway Road here in Orlando so if you or anyone you know happen to know someone that lives over there, please call them and make sure they are ok.