In Westbrook v. Cobb, 105 N.C. App. 64, 411 S.E.2d 651 (1992), for example, the defendant's vehicle struck a utility pole connected to a transformer, which serviced the plaintiff's house. As a result, the plaintiff's house caught on fire. The plaintiff, who was one and one-half miles from his house, was alerted to the fire and arrived on the scene to assist firefighters in controlling the blaze. The plaintiff went into his house to retrieve some items, and in the process, injured his back. This court found that "the chain of events resulting in [the plaintiff's] injury [was not] reasonably foreseeable and within the contemplation of an ordinary prudent individual." Id. at 68, 411 S.E.2d at 653. Thus, the court found that proximate cause did not exist. Westbrook, 105 N.C. App. at 68-69, 411 S.E.2d at 653-54.