Firemen's party ends in fire station blaze...

[Zim Hosein]

TOKYO (Reuters) - Firemen in a small Japanese town were left red-faced after a party to mark the end of a fire awareness promotional event ended in a blaze that badly damaged their station.

The two-story, wooden fire station in Shimohetsugi, southern Japan, was extensively damaged by the Sunday blaze, a spokesman for the Oita prefectural fire department said.

No one was injured in the fire, which is thought to have been started either by a gas canister used for the firemen's barbecue or by a kerosene heater.

"It's very embarrassing that this should happen to people whose job it is to go and put out fires," the spokesman said.

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Firemen's party ends in fire station blaze :Q

 

[HN]

that mouse gets around

 

[JDrake]

:Q

 

[DnetMHZ]

I don't think I've ever seen wooden fire station. Then again I've never been to Japan.

 

[Yreka]

Reminds me of that episode of Rescue Me where they build an "Eternal Flame" tribute to 9/11 and it ends up catching the station on fire.

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: HN
that mouse gets around

:laugh:

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: HN
that mouse gets around

She's a whore! 😛