Marysville Main St Fire-Oct 16/2007

So, as the title states-there was a fire:) It all began around 1am on a building called the Owl&Teapot. Shortly after 1am the fire jumped to Cody&Kirsten's building which was next to ours. Troy and I were woken up at 1:15am and evacuated our building. Once we got outside we were in awe to see that the Owl&Teapot had flames reaching 20feet tall. We were able to watch the power lines blow and everything from the alleyway. We eventually moved to the main street to see if we could find Kirsten and see if she was okay. We found her eventually with her family. Cody was working in Sparwood so Troy called him to tell him that the building his apartment is in was on fire-Cody arrived home around 4am. We stood there and watched the fire up until 3am when the streets were cleared. We weren't able to get back into our apartment so we had a sleepover at Ian&Rae's and we listened to the firefighter radio all night. One of the firetrucks had a water spray constantly on our building to keep it from igniting next. The fire was put out around 6am and we were able to get back into our place around 7:30 so that I could get ready for work. The firefighters said that of the 4 apartments that caught fire-Cody&Kirsten would be sweetly surprised with theirs-and they were. We were able to get into their place around 2pm and we had 3 hours to remove everything before their apartment was boarded up. 11 people helped them move their belongings-and the firefighters were able to save everything they had. Their couches are damaged from the smoke but everyone agreed that that was a minimal loss that was acceptable. It was an amazing and scarey experience all in one that I hope to not go through again.