I was sound asleep Thursday night, when I woke up about 10:30 to a loud POP and some crackling sounds. When I got to the living room, I discovered three small fires on my carpet and a shelf that had held an extension cord plugged into a power strip. I was able to blow out the fires but there was quite a bit of smoke in the house, and I was worried that the smoke alarm would go off to notify the Fire Department. I wanted them to know that it wasn’t an emergency because the fires were out so I called the station house and talked to a fellow who said that someone would come over to check out the situation.