Fire on the block!

Friday night at 3:30am I woke to firetruck sirens. It was loud and getting louder. Then there were bright lights outside. So I thought, ooh. I went to the front room of our apartment that looks out onto our street and there was black smoke billowing from the building across the way. Then there were sparks coming out of the roof. Three firemen climbed the fire escape to the 3rd, 4th and 5th floor and proceeded to bust in the windows with their axes.
Firemen are a crazy breed. They're great but crazy. They run into burning buildings.
I don't believe anyone got hurt but the 3 floors are toast. And some of the other apartments got beat up since the fireman have to come in and toss the place to make sure the fire didn't jump.
It was all very exciting.
I feel bad for the people whose space burned. To think that all your possessions can be gone in a few minutes. But what are these things we surround ourselves with. Would our lives really be devastated for not having it all? Yes we need some cloths, etc... but the rest.
If you only had 30 seconds to grab something from your house that was one fire what would it be?