Incident: B & E
The radio chirped, "Engine XX, respond for a lock out. The residents state that they have locked themselves out of their apartment and they have left something cooking on the stove."
When we arrived on the street we were met by the arguing couple - on who was to blame for locking them out. The guy said that he had locked the door when they stepped out, assuming of course that his girlfriend/wife had the keys. Wrong! She didn't. Luckily the sliding glass doors of their second floor apartment were unlocked.
I went back to the truck and grabbed one of our ground ladders. I went over to the balcony and threw the ladder up to it. Captain footed the ladder while I scampered up to the balcony and threw myself onto it. Had to cut thru the screen of the screen door which had been latched/secured from the inside and pushed the blinds aside. We tried to move as much of the stuff in our way as we could. We really didn't want to break anything while attempting our B & E (breaking and entering).
Once inside, we made our way to the kitchen. Just as we thought, everything was just starting to boil over. No fire. No smoke yet. I removed all pots from the stove top and opened the front door to bid the residents farewell.
What ever it was that they had been cooking, sure looked and smelled good. Left the scene with a growl in our stomachs.
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Lieutenant
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