Fire! Fire! Evacuate!

My commute Thursday morning took about 1 1/2 hours thanks to a crash on the opposite side of interstate 880, which led to rubbernecking, which led to 3 accidents on my side. Shortly after after I finally got to the office, what happened? *BRRRZZZT* *flash flash flash* *BRRRZZZT* *flash flash flash*

Yep, fire alarm, full building evacuation. After we all chilled at our respective 'assembly areas' very briefly, we began to really question whether it was a planned drill. After all, we had just gone through one of those a month before, with plenty of advance warning. Just as we started heading back towards the building, we heard sirens. Then came more sirens. Then more. It wasn't long before there were eight fire department vehicles surrounding the building.

It turns out it was just a very small, quickly contained electrical fire, but I have to say, I was pretty impressed by the response.