The Fire Fighters

[Liam's Z]

The Fire Fighters

>>> > >>>>

>>> > >>>> One dark night outside a small town near Christchurch, a fire

>>> > >>>> started inside the local chemical plant and in a blink of an eye

>>> > >>>> it exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all the

>>> > >>>> fire departments for

>>> > >>>> miles around.

>>> > >>>>

>>> > >>>> When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the

>>> > >>>> chemical company president rushed to the fireman in charge and

>>> > >>>> said, "All our secret formulas are in the vault in the center of

>>> > >>>> the plant. They must

>>> > >>>> be saved. I will give $50,000 to the fire department that brings

>>> > >>>> them out intact." But the roaring flames held the firefighters off.

>>> > >>>>

>>> > >>>> Soon more fire departments had to be called in as the situation became

>>> > >>>> desperate. As the firemen arrived, the president shouted out that

>>>

>>> > >>>> the offer was now $100,000 to the fire station who could bring

>>> > >>>> out the company's secret files. From the distance, a lone siren

>>> > >>>> was heard as another fire truck came into sight. It was the

>>> > >>>> nearby Maori rural township volunteer fire company composed

>>> > >>>> mainly of Maoris over the age of 65.

>>> > >>>>

>>> > >>>> To everyone's amazement, that little run-down fire engine roared right

>>> > >>>> past all the newer sleek engines that were parked outside the plant.

>>> > >>>> Without even slowing down it drove straight into the middle of the inferno.

>>> > >>>>

>>> > >>>> Outside, the other firemen watched as the Maori old timers jumped

>>>

>>> > >>>> off right in the middle of the fire and fought it back on all

>>> > >>>> sides. It was

>>> > >>>> a performance and effort never seen before.

>>> > >>>>

>>> > >>>> Within a short time, the old timers had extinguished the fire and

>>>

>>> > >>>> had saved the secret formulas. The grateful chemical company

>>> > >>>> president announced that for such a superhuman feat he was upping

>>>

>>> > >>>> the reward to $200,000, and walked over to personally thank each

>>> > >>>> of the brave fire fighters.

>>> > >>>>

>>> > >>>> The local TV news reporter rushed in to capture the event on

>>> > >>>> film, asking their chief, "What are you going to do with all that money?"

>>> > >>>>

>>> > >>>> "Well," said Rangi, the 70-year-old fire chief, "The first thing

>>> > >>>> we gonna do is fix the brakes on that f ***** g truck!"

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old as the hills that one Liam