Belmont Fire Log: Toast Slightly Burnt On McLean's Menu

Oct. 13 – A quarter past 9 p.m., firefighters were sent to a School Street two family for an outdoor fire. They arrived to find a resident who had started a very smokey blaze in a fire pit. Since it wasn't being used for cooking and it was creating excessive smoke in the neighborhood, the homeowner was told to extinguished the fire with some water.

Oct. 14 – At 8:20 a.m., fire crews were sent to a familiar location, McLean Hospital, for a smoke detector going off. The smoke was in the first-floor dining hall. The cause: burnt toast. 

Oct. 15 – A South Collage Road resident called the fire department just after 5 a.m. for a fire outside his house. Turned out to be a mulch fire. 

Oct. 15 – At half past 4 p.m., fire personnel were sent to Cross Street after a resident called to say they left the gas range top knobs slightly "on." Crews discovered a slight odor of natural gas but no CO reading on their detectors. The windows were popped opened and the odor was gone.

Oct. 18 – At 20 minutes 'til 7 p.m., concerned residents along Waverley Street called firefighters because of smoke in the area. Turned out to be nothing but a last chance barbecue.

Oct. 19 – At a quarter 'til 8 a.m., firefighters were sent to McLean Hospital for a smoke detector that was activated. Stop me if you've heard this: the Engine 1 crew found the smoke coming from ... burnt toast in the toaster.