Believe it or not last night it has been burning near our house, again! The whole damn thing started about a year ago when somebody set trees and bushes on fire. We called the police each time but nothing ever happened. Every fire was a bit closer to the houses than the last. The last two times the fences of two of our neighbours have been burning.
Tonight it was really frightening because it was SO close. Our neighbours on the right side woke up around midnight and because they heard a sound like falling raindrops they wanted to close their window. But than they saw the flames higher than the house (so about 7-8 m) right in front of their window . They called the fire brigade and started putting out the fire. For a better understanding: We are living in a terraced house and between the front yard of our neighbours on the right hand and our front yard is a high hedge which was burning. My father woke up, too, and after waking up my mother he helped our neighbours while my mother called the police. By the time the firemen came the fire was already out. So the firemen could drive back home again. The officers wrote down everything about last night and the other fires.
By the time I woke up the fire wasn't burning any more, but you could see pretty clear where it has been burning.
Now we, the neighbourhood, are thinking about installing video cameras. But to tell you the truth I don't think that it'll help much. The whole street and all the houses are already illuminated so I don't think he is afraid, not really. And he won't be afraid if there's a camera or he'll find another way to set things on fire without being seen. But maybe I'm wrong, I don't know ...
I only know that it was pretty close, far too close. I really hope that they'll catch the asshole, but he leaves no trace behind. So it'll be hard or impossible to find out who he or she is. Only if he makes a mistake we'll have a chance.
I'll tell you if something new in this case happened.
Tonight it was really frightening because it was SO close. Our neighbours on the right side woke up around midnight and because they heard a sound like falling raindrops they wanted to close their window. But than they saw the flames higher than the house (so about 7-8 m) right in front of their window . They called the fire brigade and started putting out the fire. For a better understanding: We are living in a terraced house and between the front yard of our neighbours on the right hand and our front yard is a high hedge which was burning. My father woke up, too, and after waking up my mother he helped our neighbours while my mother called the police. By the time the firemen came the fire was already out. So the firemen could drive back home again. The officers wrote down everything about last night and the other fires.
By the time I woke up the fire wasn't burning any more, but you could see pretty clear where it has been burning.
Now we, the neighbourhood, are thinking about installing video cameras. But to tell you the truth I don't think that it'll help much. The whole street and all the houses are already illuminated so I don't think he is afraid, not really. And he won't be afraid if there's a camera or he'll find another way to set things on fire without being seen. But maybe I'm wrong, I don't know ...
I only know that it was pretty close, far too close. I really hope that they'll catch the asshole, but he leaves no trace behind. So it'll be hard or impossible to find out who he or she is. Only if he makes a mistake we'll have a chance.
I'll tell you if something new in this case happened.
P.S.: The picture is the hedge after the fire.
