The next morning, a fire bell rings. He learns Ty sold Lily to a man named Lavoie for a new fire bell. The bell was used as a fire bell for the town. Whenever a fire would erupt, the town's fire bell rang. The fire station also collapsed, though the fire bell remained intact. Davis reported that the fire bell was ringing and nearly 1,000 whites gathered near it. He rings the school fire bell and escapes in the confusion. At the same time, First Officer Francis Kirkland inadvertently cancelled the fire bell. For many years, the fire bell tolled for the town's strictly enforced nine o'clock curfew.