Fire!

A fire engine came up through town this afternoon, lights flashing, sirens wailing. It was followed shortly after by another, and other sirens could be heard from other directions.
Someone said that there was a fire on Oxford Road.
I went up after work to have a look.
Four fire engines attended the fire in the end, and an ambulance, and several police cars. Oxford Road was closed to traffic for several hours. It was the biggest fire in Hay since the Three Tuns burned down. Oxford Cottage, the B&B, has lost its roof almost entirely. When I got there, there were firemen in the elevated platform, knocking slates off the roof to expose the blackened beams underneath - and if that's what the roof is like, the inside must be pretty bad too. The fire engine had all its wheels off the ground, and was being held up by hydraulic legs - it looked pretty impressive. As far as I know, no-one was hurt, which is a good thing at least.
When I got back to Broad Street, one of the fire engines was parked there - the firemen were all getting fish and chips.