For 11 years, Mike Bowes has been working as a 911 dispatcher for the Quincy Police Department in Massachusetts. He's heard of everything from baby deliveries to deaths, but this call was probably the most shocking to him: it was someone reporting that his own house was on fire!
My neighbor's house just blew up, the caller said.
"What's the address?" Mike Bowes asked patiently, just as he did with every emergency call for the past 11 years with the Quincy Police Department.
The caller frantically relayed the address, Bowes' home address for 20 years.
"It was shocking," Mike Bowes said. "I thought she was kidding. It's a long shot. I mean, what's the chances it will be your house?"
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I bet he got the fire department there faster than ever before!
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Glad that things were okay Doc Rock. One of my neighbor also had a fire b/c of a mirror trinket in his backyard reflected sunlight onto a pile of rubbish and lit it up.
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Bet he turns off those grow lights from now on.
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I hope his homeowners insurance covers the damages. Thou he a very cute guy.. Is he single?
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This an awful thing to have happened but at least his family survived.
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