Was I wrong to call a fireman about a hot ceiling and a bubbling sound?

Okay it went like this: I went into my daughter room and there was a bubbling sound coming from her light. I went to turn it off to see if the bubble was just bad. I got shocked by the pull chain. Then I touch the ceiling it was hot. There was no water dripping down. So the first thing that comes to mind is maybe a fire in the ceiling. Well my son if a explorer for the fire department. So I had him call someone from the fire department to look at it. Well he called one that was also a election. He looked and called for a fire truck. They put a thermal thing up to the ceiling it was 115 degrees. They used a fire extinguisher on the light and then took down the light water fell from the light. They called the landlady to let her now. I told her what had happened and that I was hopping it just wasn't something to worry about till morning. She understood and called her husband who call me to tell me he was not coming out till morning and would have not come out till morning because he was buzzy. And screamed at me for call the fireman in the first place. Now I work on computer and know a live wire can kill you. I also know that fire can hide in a ceiling, wall or room. I also know that lights don't make a bubbling sound. So was I wrong for call a fireman over to just check it out. When even he didn't want to take the light down with out back up.