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This show was written and produced by Mish Barber Way. The You know, I'm going to be able to. It's a cold January morning in Buffalo, New York.

It's a cold January morning in Buffalo, New York.

The sky is black and clear.

The kind of stillness that feels a little unnatural, a little unsettling, like the city itself

is holding its breath.

Moonlight casts long shadows across the snowy streets, not even the wind stirs. Nothing

moves in this cold snap except a faint curl of smoke rising in the distance. A warning no one

has noticed yet. At the local fire station, Fire Marshal Paul Simonian cradles another mug of coffee,

hunched over his desk, passing the time with paperwork.

Then the call comes in, a fire on the east side.

Within seconds his team is pulling on their gear, boots, slamming against the concrete.

The fire engine roars to life as they tear through the frozen streets towards the house on fire.

So they get there, pitch black, the room's full of smoke, you see a little glow on the floor,

and they say we have no fire on the first floor.

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