Day Three-Hundred and Forty-Nine: Fire and Ice

Lawrence is usually good for one good ice storm per year - the kind that leaves a coat of ice on every branch of every tree, every telephone wire, every car antenna, and - well - everything.

After such a storm (which is rarely an actual storm, but rather a gentle rain right around 32°F), scenes like this one below are not uncommon:

However, this ice-coated tree branch was not the result of the weather.

Nor did a storm turn these bicycles to icicles...

This man-made ice storm was produced courtesy of the Lawrence Fire Department, who was called into action late last night to battle a blaze at 17th and Tennessee Streets.

The fire was started by unattended cooking and engulfed the entire house (which was serving as multiple apartments). Nobody was injured, but the building was totaled.

Here are a few more images of the "fire and ice:"

(click to enlarge)