When Barbara Lovell fell in in her Hampton kitchen while cooking, she didn't have a phone nearby, only her tablet.
The apartment was filling from smoke from the overheated stove top, WBZ reported.
She sent her best friend Lois Gannon a message on Facebook asking for help.
"She sent me a message and it said 'Fire!' Gannon said. "I said 'What's wrong are you having a fire?' And she said 'Yes stove on fire.' All of a sudden she messaged me and said, excuse my language, 'Call the (expletive) fire department,'" Gannon told a reporter.
The firefighters were able to quickly respond and put out the flames. McMahon said he is grateful the message made it to Gannon, who lives in a nearby state.
"It did work and we're glad it did because it might not have been a good outcome for her," McMahon said.
