show of force at 1st and S

it's 8:45 p.m., and i'm just getting home from my arabic class mid-term (don't ask, i think i did well). anyway, there are at least 10 vehicles from the fire department at the corner of 1st and S. a couple of neighbors were outside asking what was happening, and to the best of my knowledge, someone spilled something flammable in the alley south of S street, and the fire department is there to clean up the spill. hopefully not TOO serious, but man, what a show of force!