beatrice_otter: Dali's Christ of St. John of the Cross (St. John of the Cross)
So today church was a little more exciting than normal, and we almost burned the church.. down!

We were going to have a potluck after church, right, so before service everybody goes down and puts their food in the kitchen, plugs in the crockpots, puts some things in the oven to keep warm, etc., etc.  And somebody set something (not sure what) on top of the stove just because it was a place to put something.

This stove, by the way, is like sixty years old.  It dates from when the church was rebuilt when it burned down in the early fifties.  But since it's only used for potlucks a couple of times a year, it's still working.  And the knobs are kinda touchy.  And somebody must have bumped one, because it was on.  And it set the stuff sitting on the burner on fire.

Thank God one of the members smelled something and went down in the middle of service to check on it, saw it on fire, and was able to handle it.

Unfortunately, the fire extinguisher in the kitchen, while not quite as elderly as the stove, was still far more elderly than it should have been, shall we say, so she had to grab the pan with the fire in it and drop it in the sink.  (And thank God it wasn't a grease fire!)  Nobody else knew anything about it until service was over, but she was definitely the Hero Of The Day.

Date: 2018-01-21 08:52 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] kass
kass: Siberian cat on a cat tree with one paw dangling (Default)
Oh goodness. I'm glad everything is ok!

Date: 2018-01-21 09:40 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] laurajv
laurajv: Holmes & Watson's car is as cool as Batman's (Default)
i feel like burning the church down is probably frowned upon.... :D

Date: 2018-01-21 10:11 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] jesse_the_k
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!!!

There's something to be said about God's intervention, but as an atheist, I'll just say, phew.

Date: 2018-01-22 02:15 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart
peoriapeoriawhereart: very British officer in sweater (Brigader gets the job done)
Blessed are the vigilant!

But yes, definitely new extinguishers are in order. God helping those that answer the clue phone and all.

At least the bumping happened while someone vigilant was about to resolve matters not just prior to all hands leaving the building.

Whew!

Date: 2018-01-23 04:35 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart
peoriapeoriawhereart: Cartoon Stantz post-kafoom (Dangerous and good to know)
So sorry that a contractor flaked off in the middle of a job!

Yay, new fire extinguishers! Will they be ABC? (aka good for all fire types)

Good thoughts about replacing the stove, vigilance until then. Still vigilant after, but extra aware with the knobs on this one.

Date: 2018-01-22 11:21 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] raxeira
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It dates from when the church was rebuilt when it burned down in the early fifties

Oh man, there's something lucky going on. I'm also laughing about the fact that she saved the day and then didn't say anything until services were over.

It really is good to hear that everyone is okay, including the church, and it was dealt with fairly easily.

Date: 2018-01-22 11:45 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] raxeira
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That is good luck!

I suppose there was no good time to announce it, really. :) I'm just glad it all ended as simply as it did.

Date: 2018-01-23 04:39 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart
peoriapeoriawhereart: Blair freaking and Jim hands on his knees (Jim calms Blair)
Well, during the blessing of the potluck really is the right moment, since then all stove related bodies would be in hearing.

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