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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.
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.
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Date: 2018-01-21 08:52 pm (UTC)From:(no subject)
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Date: 2018-01-21 10:11 pm (UTC)From:There's something to be said about God's intervention, but as an atheist, I'll just say, phew.
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Date: 2018-01-22 02:15 am (UTC)From: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!
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Date: 2018-01-22 11:21 am (UTC)From: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.
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