House on Fire....

On Tues eve (01/07/08) I was at home getting ready for bed it was about 10pm and I heard a bit of commotion coming from outside.....I just assumed it was possible road rage as unfortunately I live on the A205 South Circular and it's a very busy road 24 hours a day. I do have double glazing and you don't hear the traffic much but I could hear people shouting and then some car hooters going. I walked into my living room and could see this orange light coming through the frosted windows, I jumped up to see out the window and was totally shocked to see huge flames across the road.
I dashed outside in a hurry and luckily could hear sirens approaching ! The house across the road was up in flames, and I was just so worried if there was anybody inside. The Fire truck arrived so quickly and started hosing down the home which was engulfed in flames.
Amazingly the fire was put out very quickly and the Fireman and got a ladder to enter the building through the upstairs window. Soon afterwards a Fireman came out holding a Black Cat which they handed to this lady outside and another Fireman came out with a little staffiture bull terrier who was so pleased to see the Gentleman outside in the road, So thankfully it seemed that the owners managed to get out the house without harm. I took a few photo's but they weren't very clear and will upload them when I can. But was just grateful it was a happy ending to an incident that could have been tragic. The emergency services were there within minutes and I was very impressed at how fantastic they were. So here's to the wonderful Fireman we have working in London !!