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[madmatter]

Yesterday afternnoon around 5-ish I was feeling extremely sorry for myself. I was walking back from the chemist and coles stocked up with everything I needed to beat a head cold. I don't get sick that often so when I do I get all whiny and whingy and woe is me. So I'm halfway home cursing Mark for getting his car pimped up and it being in a garage

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[theblacknurse]

oh stacey! i had to re-read this twice to make sure it wasn't your cigarette that started the fire!!!! schiesse... how many stores affected?

[madmatter]

Three stores and the news last night reported 3 million in damage.
I walked back down there last night and there were still firefighters and police around so I spoke to the officer in charge.
I went past around 5.10pm and the blaze didn't start until 2pm. It is on a main road and there is a bus stop right outside the stores. Anyway I told the officer what I knew and he seemed suprised because people were working in one of the stores (the one that copped most of the damage) until 9 that night and none of them reported smelling anything.
Anyway he walked me through and I stopped and said, this is where I smelt the gas and I pointed to some bushes..he pulled them back and their was a gas line above ground right there. I feel terrible, hopfully all of the stores have insurance, but still If I had actually waited to make sure the guy I did hand signal came out of his store to investigate I might have been able to stop it. I'll never assume again. I feel terrible because of the damage and also for wasting resources.

[madmatter]

woops I meant the fire wasn't reported until 2am. not 2pm.
So it was 9 hours after I walked past with my cigerette.
The officers were nice, and cheeky, and started making jokes that I was a pyromaniac.