an tried to fry eggs in carto 
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A young Norwegian, hungry after a night on the town in Bergen, decided to fry himself a
few eggs when he got home. The next thing he knew, his apartment was full of smoke and
angry firefighters.
The young man, apparently in an alcohol-induced stupor, forgot a few elementary things while
attempting to satisfy his hunger. Like taking the eggs out of the carton, for starters.
Fire alarms went off in his building on Tartargaten in Bergen after the egg carton started burning up
in the frying pan. Firefighters rushed to the scene around 4am and broke their way into the man's
smoke-filled apartment.
eanwhile, the man had fallen asleep during his late-night cooking session. He got a rude awakening.
"He'd forgotten to take the eggs out of the carton before frying them," fire brigade leader Harald
Norvik of the Hordaland police district told newspaper Bergensavisen.
The firefighters weren't amused. They find themselves responding to alarms several times a year that
are set off by drunks preparing late-night snacks.
"It can be life-threatening when people pass out while cooking," said Harald Skaalvik of the fire
department.
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=487428
Submitted on 02/11/2003
Submitted by:
Steve
Reference:
Aftenposten Interaktiv
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