City firefighters on are scene at Woodstock Gardens Apartments where they responded to a report of smoke in Apartment #24. They found a smoking pan of food on the stove and no one home. They removed it from the apartment. They are ventilating. The complex is located at 219 N. Spruce St.
UPDATE 11:29 a.m.: Command reports no damage to the apartment. The assignment is back in service.
My next door neighbor was
My next door neighbor was standing in her front yard teleconferencing with software clients in China when a firetruck came racing down the street and stopped in front of her house. She had one of those real security systems and the soup had burned up on her stove. She was expecting the call but not when it came. They blew a big fan for ten minutes and left. Stuff happens.