He knew there was a fire burning near his home, and he wanted to sound the alarm as quickly as possible.
Explanation:
The question wants us to identify why Lee was breathless when he first arrived at Goll's drugstore. Therefore, Lee could not have been angry at the owner for refusing to sound the alarm since this happened after Lee arrived at the drugstore.
Lee could not have been confused about who had informed the firefighters since Goll said a fire truck already passed.
Lastly, Lee could not have been worried about firefighters not being able to control the flames considering how a fire truck had already passed and there were no fire engines at his house.
