The building next door was currently on fire.
josh
I didn't mind the warmth, but I didn't care for the smoke. Smoke inhalation was not how I wanted to go, so I had to close the bedroom window, which was also an inconvenience in the middle of summer.
The phone rang again, and I didn't answer, again - I wasn't going to leave.
Smoke was somehow billowing, which struck me as peculiar as I'd just triple-checked the window.
Walking downstairs I noticed growing embers in the corner of the dining room. It had seeped over.
As I looked around the room I realised I was about to lose absolutely everything.