While the flames grew higher and hotter he knew the job that he had to do would be a hard one. However, he dove headlong into the burning flames pulling his trusted hose beside of him his partner at the doorway pulling more into the house for him. The fire was hot, but he did not feel the heat because of the high quality gear that protected him.
The owner had told them before they went into the house that the valuable wusthof knife set was going to be found in the kitchen. However, the flames were fighting back and causing quite a bit of problems for the firefighter to the point that he had to spray some water into the kitchen so he could get into the area. He seen what remained of this set that he was after first, but it was already to far gone to be saved.
He looked over at the island and spied the henckels knife set that he was supposed to find also. He quickly grabbed the item and started feeling back towards the hose that was behind his back. Feeling that reassured him that he was going to be able to make it back out. As the flames grew stronger and banked down to the floor he turned and started following the hose out of the room leaving the nozzle behind and open.
Time was starting to run short for him as he heard the boards starting to crack. That meant the building was becoming unstable and could come down on him at any time. He started to scramble towards the exit of the kitchen as he heard more of the boards giving into the weight.
The firefighter quickly scrambled back down the hose towards the doorway as he heard the air horns blowing for everyone to evacuate the building. He knew that part of his job was done he had rescued half of the owners valuable knife sets, but not all of them. He was worried that everyone would be disappointed in him for doing only half the job, but that worry was quickly interrupted when he felt the floor getting squishy under his feet.
The doorway was in sight now and he could see the outside, but the floor was growing weaker and barely could support his weight. He had to jump at the doorway to make it out in time and came rolling out of the doorway to the safety of the outside.
He walked over to the owner and handed her the prized object. She reached up and gave him a big hug thanking him for the hard job that he did. He glanced over at his friends to see there smiling and grinning faces and knew he would take a ribbing later on that night that would not stop.