It happened shortly after I started working at SeaTac Airport. I had a list of items that I needed to purchase for my new job as a Fuller at the Airport. I went to Target in Lakewood near where I lived. I had a Chrysler LEBaron Gray and Black, I had a small boom box between the seats for a radio because the car radio did not work. When I got to the store there was only one place to park... Right between to brand new cars, one a new Lincoln and the other a Brand New Cadillac.... The Lincoln still had the sticker on the back window from the dealership. I went inside and got the items on my list. I talked with several of the people that I used to work with, and went back out to leave to go home, I started my car and right away it caught on fire. There was NO way that I was going to let it sit there next to those new cars and possibly blow up, so I drove it to the overflow parking as far away as I could from everything else. The engine compartment was fully engulfed in flames and it was coming into the car from under the dashboard when the car died.....Scarry..... I took my purse and got out and shut the door.... (mistake #1).... lol see I left my car keys in the ignition...
next I realized that the flight coat was in the back seat and I needed to get it out because it was a $300.00 dollar coat and I had just started that job so I did not have #300.00 dollars to pay for it if it got burned up...... I opened the driver's door to unlock the backdoor (mistake #2) to get the coat out.... as soon as I got the coat out I shut both doors and called 911......... conversation " 911... police, ambulance or fire..... "Fire" "what is the location?" " the Lakewood Mall".. " where at at the Lakewood Mall".... " the overflow parking at the Target location"..... " OH We have had about 30 calls about a car on fire there" "is that what you are calling about?" "YES it is MY car on fire"..... " We have the fire department on their way"...... just as she was saying that the fire trucks came into the entrance of the Mall parking..... and of course it started raining while I was talking to the 911 operator.... LOL
In the meantime there was a Van that had pulled up right next to my car on fire.... What a dumb ASS... I went over and told the guy driving to get away from there, if my car explodes he would get hurt and I ain't paying for his dumb ass......
Fireman.... " are you ok?" "Yes I'm ok but my car is not....." " is there anything that you need out of your car?" " Just my prescription sunglasses from the glovebox"...... Fireman " well I don't know that I can get them, see the glovebox is melted shut, but I will try when we get the fire out" .....Me "OK" just at that time there was a big BOOOOOM..... the right side front tire had exploded..... It was crazy... The entire front right side raised up about two feet in the air and then the tire exploded........ Now I was far enough away from my car not to get hurt... and I was asking if any of the firefighters had brought hot dogs with them..... The one that asked me if there was anything that I wanted from my car came up to me and said " usually in his experience's with car fires, the women that has the car on fire is crying.... I said " why cry there is nothing I can do but watch it go up in flames....." In the meantime... the other firemen were putting the fire hose inside my passenger side window and had turned on the water..... LOLOLOLOLOL you see I had stuffed animals in the hatchback part and there was a Wheal ( Blue & White) just swimming around in the water that was being sprayed....I was laughing at that point.... seeing that whale going around and around with the other stuffed animals.... It was funny.....
The firefighter got a crowbar and popped open the glovebox and got the glasses case out and brought it to me.... the only problem was that the case had a burn on it ... and the other amazing thing is I had a man's cowboy necklace that belonged to my dad and was given to me when he died hanging on the rearview mirror... it was perfect not a burn on it.... (I still have it to this day... the car fire was about 28 years ago.........) I had to pay $50.00 to have my car towed to a junk yard........
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