Re: Elder Taylor 7-Nov-2011

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:21 PM

James W Taylor wrote:

My sources say:

Mexico, Mo. — at approximately 3:24 a.m., today, Mexico Public Safety officers and volunteers responded to the area between Rock Springs and Ozark Place in reference to a grass fire which had spread to a shed. Responding personnel found a shed in the back yard of an Ozark Place residence completely engulfed in flame. The fire was extinguished but the shed was destroyed. An adjacent privacy fence also received damage. The residents where the shed was located stated they had been burning leaves in the backyard earlier in the evening, but felt they had extinguished the flame prior to going inside. They were later awakened by a neighbor who saw their shed on fire. There were no injuries as a result of the incident. 

Dare I ask? Were you burning leaves earlier in the evening, and should we contribute to a restitution fund?

Sorry, had to ask the "Dad" questions. 

Love you and again, take care –

Dad

Further investigation points that the shed fire wasn't our fault. True we were burning leaves the day before but there is a ten hour discrepancy between the two fires. The neighbors behind us however apparently had a large wood bonfire at two in the morning where the police showed up and told them to put it out. their fire was much closer to the shed, burned closer to the time the shed burned down, and the fire was moving towards our house not away from (our burn pile was in between the house and the shed).  We had nothing in the shed and no one was injured although I kind of wish we had some marshmallows or something to roast because it took a few minutes for the fire department to get there. Also the landlord wasn't miffed and hasn't asked us or the church to repair or replace the shed; we think he had a good amount of insurance on it.