Drama in the neighborhood!!!

We had some "drama" in our neighborhood tonight. I was sitting in the living room after being home from work for about 20 minutes (Steve had clinic tonight for work so he wasn't here). Well, I hear sirens and they get louder and louder and I keep thinking... wow, that sounds really close. Well, then they stopped. I would hear another set and then they'd stop. Finally, I hear a loud engine and I thought it was the trash guys or something... then I heard a honk and realized, that's not just a trash guy. So, I look outside and there's a firetruck in front of my house and 2 more firetrucks 3 houses down from me!! I of course got a little freaked out because it was right in front of my house!!! YIKES! I walked out onto my porch where I could see down the street and saw a lot of people outside. I could see smoke coming out of the roof of the house 3 doors down. People were all standing around (including myself because I had nothing else to do, and let's face it, I like to know what's going on!)... just watching for forever! The firemen weren't running around or even in a big hurry after they finally got into the house. I decided that there must not have been anyone home because of the lack of "urgency". So, I go back inside. Welp, I looked outside about 15 minutes later and there's now an ambulance and a bunch of unmarked police cars... and the yellow tape was around the yard of the house. So, I stepped back outside and watch for a while. I took a few pics so ya'll could get in on the action. I came in to blog about it and could still hear lots of noise outside... so I paused on my blogging and went back out. There was an official of some sort walking by and I asked him if there was anyone in the house. He said "yes, there was". I said "oh no, were they okay?" He said "no, unfortunately not". YIKES! So, then a policeman was talking and said that the man that lived there started a fire in his kitchen and then barricaded himself in his bathroom and then shot himself! SCARY!!!

So, there's drama for our nice little neighborhood! I met LOTS of neighbors for the first time after living here for over 4 years! How sad is that. Anyhoo... I'm off to get ready for bed.