Burnin' UP!

So it was a normal Saturday that just passed. A friend from the West Coast was in town so a few of us met up and did some touristy things.

Afterwards, we went to City Island for dinner. You could get some good seafood for very reasonable prices. We enjoyed a lovely feast of Garlic crabs and lobster and were having difficulties getting out of our seats by the end of it.

Anyway, so we finished dinner and it was almost 10:30pm. As soon as we got outside of the restuarant we noticed there was a bit of commotion on the street and to our right, we discovered smoke and fire!!

It turned out that a motorcycle had just crashed into a car parked on the side of the street and fuel must have leaked out because man, that was some fire (follow by a few explosions in the minutes to come).

So those of us with cameras quickly made our way up towards the wreckage and well, started shooting! I believe we must be the first "press" people on the site - even before the police and fire trucks arrived.


The owner of the vehicle in front of the unfortunate car that got hit must have been going out of his mind because he knew his car was next. So what did he tried do? He was brave (and stupid) enough to want to get into his car so he could save it! Needless to say, he got yelled at and chased away by the Police (and other more sane on-lookers).

Not long after, the fire trucks came and the firemen did their thing - hose the fire down and cut open the doors of the burnt car, making sure no one was trapped in side (who would have been burnt to a crisp by then).



The motorcyclist apparently made it away from the crash relatively unharm and then tried to flee on foot. He was apprehended by Police and some local resident. We are not sure of the details, but it sounded like there is like a bike gang around there and they ride through town at stupid speed and one of them must have lost control and crashed.


Well that was all very exciting for a dinner, right?!!