Fire at Condos on Somerset Beach Road

[Smiling JOe]

Just talked to the owner of the Jeep. They have no idea how it started. The fire marshal is going out today to take a look.

Could google jeep fires, and maybe find out. Ford issued a recall for the cruise control on many of its explorers and other models because they could suddenly ignite, even when the car was not running. They have hundreds of thousands to replace, and are backlogged for a long time, so they disconnect the cruise controls until they get the parts. Maybe Jeep also has some problems which could cause ignition of a fire.

 

[NotnKansas]

Yeah. I live there. It was a ton of fun to wake up at 2:30am with the smoke alarm going off! Seagrove Highlands is broken into two buildings - and I live at the corner of the other one that the fire alarms where not going off. We did not know what was going on until a kid ran down the stair yelling that there hallway was full of smoke! At that time I woke up my sister and we moved down to the parking lot. But the good thing was that we did meet some neighbors that we have yet to run into! I'm just glad that everyone was safe and that the jeep did not explode due to gas!

Glad that everyone was ok and a big THANK YOU to to SOWAL Fire department for getting out there!!

CHEERS!

 

[Smiling JOe]

So about the FireFighters' debated Christmas bonus...

 

[FLSunChaser]

Was the jeep in front of building 1 or 2?

 

[Beach House 25]

If I could figure out how to upload a picture of it I would, But in answer to FSC it was the southside/beachside of Building #1

 

[NotnKansas]

If you are facing the buildings - it was the one on the left. The jeep was parked on the south side of the building. Right next to the building.

 

[Beach House 25]

So about the Firefighters' debated Christmas bonus...

SJ Fireman are way under paid and most people IMO just take them for granted. These guys risk life and limb for people they do not even know ....Yeh I know thats what they are paid to do, But you might be surprised that the clerk at the Tom Thumb makes more than most new hires. Not sure but in days past Cops and Fireman get paid far to little IMO for what they do, If I could I would give them a Christmas bonus 365 days a year!

Thanks SWFD and WCSO!

 

[LightWorker]

So about the FireFighters' debated Christmas bonus...

What debate.....Money Well Earned!! ​

 

[Smiling JOe]

What debate.....Money Well Earned!! ​

You must have missed that thread. Actually, it wasn't really a debate of whether they deserved a Christmas bonus. It was more along the lines of whether the Fire Commissioners should hand out unspent money on bonuses.

 

[Matt J]

I took pictures and will upload this afternoon.