Leo grabbed his coat and rushed out of the community center.
He hailed a taxi and sped toward the construction site in the South District.
From a distance, he could see the towering flames that painted the Pittsburgh night sky a bloody red.
The wail of fire engine sirens shattered the silence of the night.
When Leo arrived at the scene, the largest warehouse on the site, used for storing building materials, had been completely engulfed by a raging fire.
Flames shot out from the warehouse's windows and roof, licking at the night sky.
Dozens of firefighters were battling to extinguish the blaze.
Fortunately, the fire had broken out at midnight. Aside from a security guard on duty, there were no other workers on-site, so no one was injured or killed.
But the environmentally friendly building materials stored in the warehouse, worth over one hundred thousand US dollars, looked to be a total loss.
Leo watched the blazing inferno, a chill rising from the soles of his feet.
