[Noisebridge-discuss] Fire Department Visits Noisebridge (oh, right, and there was a fire).

[Shannon Lee]

Hey All,

Earlier this evening, just after the knot symposium ended, Dr Jesus smelled
fire, and wandered around looking for it; after a while, he discovered that
there was a smoldering piece of cardboard on the second floor landing of the
south ("banana") staircase.  There was apparently a match nearby.

Dr. Jesus brought the smoldering piece of cardboard upstairs and doused it
in water.  There was a lot of smoke and yelling for a few minutes, and 911
was called.  The fire department instructed us to clear the space, which we
did, slowly and anarchically.

The fire department arrived as the last people were leaving the space, maybe
five minutes after they were called; they investigated, and decided that it
probably wasn't arson and that the smouldering cardboard was probably the
extent of the fire.  While a couple of them checked around downstairs,
others stayed and chatted with me about the space -- they seemed interested
in Noisebridge's function, and inquired about how to become members, and
about what dues cost.

They spent about five minutes in the space and then took off.

The best explanation I've heard offered for what happened so far was that
maybe the downstairs neighbor was lighting incense; there didn't seem to be
a cigarette nearby.  Nobody answered the door downstairs.

--S

-- 
Shannon Lee
(503) 539-3700

"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
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