The blonde said, \u201cI live on the corner of 4th Avenue!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joe paused for a second. \u201cOkay, ma\u2019am, we\u2019ll need a bit more detail. What\u2019s the nearest cross street?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She hesitated, looking out the window nervously as a thin trail of smoke continued to rise from the shed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUm\u2026 I think it\u2019s\u2026 4th Avenue and\u2026 well\u2026 it\u2019s just right there<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joe tried to stay calm. \u201cAlright, I understand. Can you see any landmarks nearby? A store? A park? Anything that can help us find you quickly?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Continue reading on next page\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n She brightened. \u201cOh! Yes! There\u2019s a big red mailbox at the corner!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPerfect,\u201d Joe said, scribbling notes. \u201cNow, stay calm. The fire truck is on its way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A few minutes later, sirens could be heard faintly in the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joe stayed on the line. \u201cMa\u2019am, you should hear the fire truck approaching now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes, yes, I hear it!\u201d she said excitedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGreat! Can you step outside and wave them down?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was a short pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then she replied, completely serious:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Wait\u2026 how will they know how to get here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joe blinked. \u201cMa\u2019am\u2026 they\u2019re driving a fire truck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then she asked, confused:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Don\u2019t they know how to follow directions like everyone else?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n At that exact moment, Joe reportedly put his head down on the desk while trying not to laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, outside\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fire truck had already pulled up\u2014right next to the bright red mailbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The blonde said, \u201cI live on the corner of 4th Avenue!\u201d Joe paused for a second. \u201cOkay, ma\u2019am, we\u2019ll need…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18070,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18068\/revisions\/18070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}