We Didn't Start the FIRE!

Last night at 1:30am we awoke to yelling, sirens, and the smell of smoke! Drowsily we pulled ourselves out of bed to assess the situation. In a matter of seconds that drowsiness disappeared to be replaced by surprise and confusion. Upon opening the window we were astonished to see that our neighboring apartment building was on FIRE! Firemen were rushing frantically and smoke billowed out of the windows (it was more like flowing but at the time it was much different!). A big fire truck was filling the entire parking lot with its presence and many of our neighbors and bystanders were gazing in awe of the catastrophe. Fortunately, as far as we could tell (as it is rather difficult for us to understand frantic Japanese yelling), noone was hurt and only one apartment was damaged to what appeared to be beyond repair.

Here is our witness from the precipice of our living room window.