I heard some shouting and smelled what seemed like burning rubber a few minutes ago and heard what sounded like a lorry. I thought someone was doing some drunken tire skidding with a large vehicle. But it turned out to be a house fire just up the street. Eek. It’s about six houses up. I can’t see much in the dark but the fire seems to be out now. One house had windows open and they looked a bit melted. It doesn’t look like a massive burn but it can’t have been tiny either because a cloud of smelly smoke went wafting down the street past my house. Hopefully the humans are alright.