A Small Fire

Edwin got a job when he was seventeen working for Ford Music Company.  One of his jobs was driving the store’s trash to the dump.  They wanted him to bring back one of the large boxes to put more trash in.  Somehow the box caught fire on the way back to the store.  Some other driver got his attention and he had to stop, pull the box out, and stomp the fire out.  The fire scorched the paint in the back of the truck.  Edwin thinks he must have got a spark from the fire they were using to burn some of the trash.

(1948 Edwin Perkins)