St. Louis, the Nation's Dumpster Fire HQ, Lives Up to Its Reputation

Fourth of July festivities. The department's tireless spokesman, Capt. Garon Mosby, chronicled the carnage in an enlightening night of Twitter posts. One of the many #DumpsterFires @STLFireDept has, is, and will respond to. #STLCity #July4th pic.twitter.com/JJ3e321qPK— Garon Patrick Mosby (@GaronMosby) July 5, 2018 "Here is yet another dumpster fire," he says while narrating a video of a literal dumpster fire late Wednesday night.It's not like we just love fire for fire's sake. There seems to be something particularly appealing about the dumpster fire to St. Louisans. Other categories of non-dumpster fires — house fires, car fires, grass fires, miscellaneous fires — only totaled 33 calls combined for the day. click to enlarge ST. LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT TWITTER A sampling of the St. Louis Department's 4th of July Twitter feed. That's still a lot of calls (fireworks have a tendency to do that), but not dumpster fire numbers. No, the dumpster fire holds a special place in St. Louis' heart ... so much so that we couldn't limit our love to just one night.Firefighters were back out again Thursday afternoon.Winnebago & Tennessee - Dumpster #Fire. #STLCity #July5th— St. Louis Fire Dept (@STLFireDept) July 5, 2018 We welcome tips and feedback. Email t... (. Louis, the Nation's Dumpster Fire HQ, Lives Up to Its Reputation)