{"id":8892,"date":"2015-03-26T21:36:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T20:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=8892"},"modified":"2015-03-26T21:37:18","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T20:37:18","slug":"fuoco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/fuoco\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuoco!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Every cloud has a silver lining, or, if you&#8217;re a writer, every cloud has a little story to tell. For example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Venerd\u00ec sera stavo preparando la cena quando Geoff, che stava lavorando al computer, mi ha chiamato: \u201c Serena, puoi controllare il fuoco per piacere? Sta facendo un mucchio di rumore\u201d. Cos\u00ec mi sono asciugata le mani e sono andata in soggiorno dove abbiamo il termocamino che fa funzionare il riscaldamento della casa.<br \/>\n<\/strong>On Friday evening I was getting dinner ready when Geoff, who was working on the computer, called me: \u201cSerena, can you check the fire please? It\u2019s making a lot of noise\u201d. So I dried my hands and went into the living room where we have the wood burning stove that runs the central heating.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Il fuoco nel caminetto appariva normale, ma in effetti si sentiva come un ruggito provenire da dentro il camino. Ho tirato un paio di volte la leva che apre il portello del tiraggio, e dalla canna fumaria sono cadute delle braci. Insospettita da questa insolita vista, sono uscita in strada a dare un\u2019occhiata al comignolo ed \u2026 era rosso incandescente con lunghe fiamme che uscivano fuori!!!<\/strong><br \/>\nThe fire in the wood burner looked normal, but there actually was a type of roaring coming from inside the chimney. I pulled the air bypass handle a couple of times, and some embers fell down from the flue. My suspicions aroused by this unusual sight, I went out into the street to take a look at the chimney pot and \u2026 it was glowing red with long flames coming out of it!!!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>\u201cAiuto Geoff! Il camino sta bruciando!\u201d ho urlato in preda al panico. Geoff \u00e8 corso subito in strada mentre io sono andata a controllare che la presa dell\u2019aria e quella del tiraggio fossero chiuse. Poi ho chiesto a Geoff: \u201cChiamo i Vigili del Fuoco?\u201d \u201cSar\u00e0 meglio di s\u00ec\u201d mi ha risposto.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHelp Geoff! The chimney\u2019s on fire!\u201d I shouted, overcome with panic. Geoff ran out into the street straight away whilst I went to check that the air vents and bypass were closed. Then I asked Geoff: \u201cShall I call the fire brigade?\u201d \u201cIt would be best\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Cos\u00ec ho fatto il 115: \u201cAiuto, ha preso fuoco il camino! Il soffitto \u00e8 tutto di legno!\u201d &#8230; \u201cDove abita, Signora?\u201d mi ha chiesto il Vigile del Fuoco. \u201cVicino a Pontremoli\u201d ho risposto io. \u201cVa bene, le mando la squadra di Aulla. Intanto chiuda bene le prese d\u2019aria per non alimentare le fiamme. Ci vorr\u00e0 un po\u2019 di tempo prima che la squadra arrivi\u201d.<\/strong><br \/>\nSo I dialled 115: \u201cHelp, our chimney\u2019s on fire! Our ceiling is made completely out of wood!\u201d &#8230; \u201cWhere do you live, madam?\u201d the fireman asked me. \u201cClose to Pontremoli\u201d I replied. \u201cOkay, I\u2019ll send you the squad from Aulla. In the meantime close the air vents to avoid feeding the flames. It will take a while for the squad to arrive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>\u201cDa Aulla?! ma ci vorranno almeno 40 minuti prima che arrivino. Far\u00e0 in tempo a bruciare tutta la casa\u201d ho pensato io terrorizzata. Decine di pensieri correvano nelle nostre teste: \u201cChiamiamo gli amici? Attacchiamo il tubo dell\u2019acqua alla fontana fuori nella strada? Cominciamo a salvare il salvabile?\u201d Per fortuna dopo alcuni minuti le fiamme hanno cominciato a diminuire. Ho richiamato i Vigili per avvertirli che il pericolo stava passando, ma il centralinista ha risposto che la squadra era gi\u00e0 partita e che comunque era meglio che facessero un controllo<\/strong>.<br \/>\n\u201dFrom Aulla?! but it\u2019ll take them at least 40 minutes to get here. By that time the whole house will be burnt down\u201d I thought, terrorized. Dozens (tens) of thoughts ran through our minds: \u201cShould we call our friends? Should we attach the hose pipe to the fountain outside in the street? Should we save what we can?\u201d Luckily, after a few minutes, the flames began to die down. I called the firemen again to warn them that the danger was passing, but the the switchboard operator replied that the squad had already left, and anyway, it was better that they checked it out.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/Fire-Brigade-1920s-Greyscale-001.jpg\" aria-label=\"Fire Brigade 1920s Greyscale 001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8898\"  alt=\"Fire Brigade 1920's Greyscale-001\" width=\"535\" height=\"380\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/Fire-Brigade-1920s-Greyscale-001.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/Fire-Brigade-1920s-Greyscale-001.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/Fire-Brigade-1920s-Greyscale-001-350x249.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Mezz\u2019ora pi\u00f9 tardi dalla finestra ho finalmente visto i lampeggiatori blu dall\u2019altra parte della valle. Ho chiamato Geoff e siamo usciti per andargli incontro al parcheggio, perch\u00e9 la strada del paese \u00e8 molto stretta e ci passano solo piccoli mezzi.<\/strong><br \/>\nHalf an hour later I finally saw the blue flashing lights on the other side of the valley from our window. I called Geoff and we went out to go and meet them at the car park, because the village street is very narrow, and only small vehicles can get through.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Quando siamo arrivati al parcheggio c\u2019era solo il fuoristrada dei Vigili del Fuoco, mentre l\u2019autopompa non era nemmeno riuscita a scendere gi\u00f9 nella stretta stradina che porta al parcheggio, ed era rimasta su nella strada principale! Abbiamo accompagnato verso casa i tre Vigili del Fuoco, i quali man mano che si rendevano conto delle difficolt\u00e0 logistiche del paese erano sempre pi\u00f9 preoccupati, ed \u00e8 stato perci\u00f2 un sollievo tanto per loro quanto per noi quando hanno constatato che il fuoco si era esaurito da solo.<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen we got to the car park there was only the fire brigade off-road vehicle there, the big fire engine hadn\u2019t even managed to get down the steep narrow road to the car park, and had stopped up on the main road! We accompanied the three Firemen towards our house, and as they began to realise the difficult logistics of the village they became increasingly worried, so they were as relived as us when they had ascertained that the fire had put itself out.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Hanno controllato il camino fuori e dentro, ci hanno fatto un mucchio di domande sulla sua costruzione, ci hanno dato dei consigli e prima di partire si sono raccomandati di tenere d\u2019occhio il soffitto nella zona vicino al camino, e di pulire bene la canna fumaria prima di riaccendere il fuoco.<\/strong><br \/>\nThey checked the chimney both inside and out, asked us a load of questions about its construction, gave us some advice and, before leaving, recommended that we keep an eye on the ceiling near the chimney and clean the flue before lighting the fire again.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Il lato positivo di questa brutta avventura \u00e8 stato che il giorno dopo, quando abbiamo controllato la canna fumaria, abbiamo scoperto con piacere che si era pulita da sola e cos\u00ec ci ha evitato il brutto lavoro di farlo a mano.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe good side of this unpleasant affair is that when we checked the chimney the next day , we were pleased to discover that it had cleaned itself, and relieved us from the unpleasant job of doing it by hand.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Important Note:<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In Italy we don\u2019t have one single emergency telephone number, but a different one for each type of emergency. Here are the most important ones:<br \/>\n<strong>Carabinieri<\/strong> 112<br \/>\n<strong>Polizia<\/strong> (Police) 113<br \/>\n<strong>Ambulanza<\/strong> (Ambulance) 118<br \/>\n<strong>Vigili del Fuoco<\/strong> (Fire Brigade) 115<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Vocabulary Note:<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The words <strong>camino<\/strong> and <strong>canna fumaria<\/strong> tend to get a bit mixed up in every day speech, but technically the <strong>camino<\/strong> is the chimney and the<strong> canna fumaria<\/strong> is the flue. The <strong>caminetto<\/strong> is the actual fireplace or wood burner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/Fire-Brigade-1920s-Greyscale-001-350x249.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/Fire-Brigade-1920s-Greyscale-001-350x249.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/03\/Fire-Brigade-1920s-Greyscale-001.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Every cloud has a silver lining, or, if you&#8217;re a writer, every cloud has a little story to tell. For example: Venerd\u00ec sera stavo preparando la cena quando Geoff, che stava lavorando al computer, mi ha chiamato: \u201c Serena, puoi controllare il fuoco per piacere? Sta facendo un mucchio di rumore\u201d. 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