FIRE!!!

yesterday afternoon, cheryl and i were going to do some errands.
we stopped at the bank drive up window and noticed a little old lady going into the post office, the post office is just behind the bank.
we also noticed that her car appeared to be on fire!!
it was smoking like mad and then she comes out of the post office and starts to GET INTO THE CAR!!!! which is smoking even more.
well we went right over and insisted that she just grab her purse and get into my car.
meanwhile, i am on the phone with 911. they are asking what kind of car, what color, etc.... and i am thinking... IT'S THE ONE ON FIRE.... you can't miss it..
at this point there are actual flames coming from under the hood.
so they finally get there and stop out on 6A, because, i forgot to mention, the big mail delivery truck had also had a accident with another car (no injuries). this happened first, it had nothing to do with the fire..
so anyway, the police have arrived to handle that situation and now the firemen are sitting there, probably thinking "what fire? just wait till we get a hold of that prankster who called", but thankfully... some guy gets out of his truck and starts yelling to them "THE FIRE IS OVER HERE... THE FIRE IS OVER HERE"
and yay, they put out the fire.... and this lady is sitting in my car saying, i need to get some things out of my car, my cell phone, groceries, clothes...
she had just come from a dog sitting job and had books and bags and suitcases. she was very calm during the whole thing... i mean her car was on fire!!
so once the fire was out, we gathered her things and took her home. it turns out she only lives a couple of streets away from us.
such excitement.
oh and then we did our errands.