What started as an international mixup has now inspired many to pay-it-forward.On Monday, firefighters from Lesser Slave Lake Regional Fire Service in Alberta, Canada, were ordering pizzas for pickup from a local pizza shop called Alimo's Pizza, KABB reports."Then he (a firefighter) came to me, and said, 'How come this pizza place has a San Antonio phone number?' Alex Pavcek, a firefighter for the department in Alberta, Canada, explained. "I was like, they don't."The firefighter had accidentally called Alamo Pizza and Wings in San Antonio. There's only one letter different in the two names, but more than 2,300 miles between the two pizza shops."He called us back and said, 'I made a big mistake. I meant to call Alimo's Pizza here in Canada,'" Fred Nunez, the owner of Alamo Pizza and Wings, told KABB.The 18 large pizzas, costing $300, had already been made."We owned it. We offered to pay for it and then started asking where's the nearest firehouse," said Pavcek.The pizzas were split between two San Antonio fire stations, and a San Antonio Police Department substation. It was all paid for by the Canadian firefighters."We made some friends," Pavcek said.The mistake has inspired the hashtag #RandomActsOfPizza, where people buy a pizza and give it to a stranger, KABB reports.

What started as an international mixup has now inspired many to pay-it-forward.

On Monday, firefighters from Lesser Slave Lake Regional Fire Service in Alberta, Canada, were ordering pizzas for pickup from a local pizza shop called Alimo's Pizza, KABB reports.


"Then he (a firefighter) came to me, and said, 'How come this pizza place has a San Antonio phone number?' Alex Pavcek, a firefighter for the department in Alberta, Canada, explained. "I was like, they don't."

The firefighter had accidentally called Alamo Pizza and Wings in San Antonio. There's only one letter different in the two names, but more than 2,300 miles between the two pizza shops.

"He called us back and said, 'I made a big mistake. I meant to call Alimo's Pizza here in Canada,'" Fred Nunez, the owner of Alamo Pizza and Wings, told KABB.

The 18 large pizzas, costing $300, had already been made.

"We owned it. We offered to pay for it and then started asking where's the nearest firehouse," said Pavcek.

The pizzas were split between two San Antonio fire stations, and a San Antonio Police Department substation. It was all paid for by the Canadian firefighters.

"We made some friends," Pavcek said.



The mistake has inspired the hashtag #RandomActsOfPizza, where people buy a pizza and give it to a stranger, KABB reports.

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