FYI<br/><br/>It is possible not to notice a fire.<strong>True story</strong>,  I was driving home from work, totally absorbed in my own world thinking of things that I had to do, times I needed to be there and such. I drove past a small bungalow that is situated across from the mouth of my street.  My house is on the right hand corner by the stop sign, last house on that side… so I have a very clear view of the now grey bungalow (it use to be brown…before the fire)  Yes, you guessed it!  The house was on fire…releasing smoke into the air but not completely ablaze. I hadn’t noticed a thing until I heard the sirens a good twenty minutes after I had entered my home.  The fire started at the back in the garage, so depending on how observant a person is it is reasonable to not see the smoke and enter a public building.<br/><br/>Yeah, so that's me Miss Observant :P<br/><br/><br/>You will be glad to know that no one was at home at my neighbors house.  The fire had started slowly, after the guy who lived there had cleaned out his fireplace, placing the debris in a brown leaf bag in the garage. I guess some of the embers were still smoldering and caught fire.  They were both at work, but their second car was torched and added to the fire that took out the house.  It was sad, but now they have a new house completely refinished and no more wood fireplaces....they have moved to electric.<br/><br/><br/><br/>