Fire! (our house almost got burned down!)
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Fire! (our house almost got burned down!)
OK, I am up at 4 am. Why? Because Our house almost caught on fire! I was waken up, and thought it was mornig, I was gonna go get some breakfast, and stuff, then my mom and sisters yelled at me to tell me to get out of the house, so I left, then everyone else came out. We called the fire department, (conveniantly right across the street ) and they looked arount the house for an HOUR! They couldn't find the source of the smoke, until some people went under the house, and found that the heat source for our house was on a horrible electric fire! So, they tried putting it out for a while , and then they did, but they say if it had been going for about a few more minutes, it would have certainly destroyed our house, starting with the floor! I was SO happy, and this all happened 15 minutes ago! that damn electric fire smell :P So, I've thought it over now that I can think, and I'm just glad to be alive! I was the slowest to wake up, and something horrible could have certainly happened any minute!
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holy shit! glad you're ok!! did they fix the electrical problems?
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They turned off the heat for the current time. We won't have heat for a few days, but at least we won't have a huge fire!Chief wrote:holy shit! glad you're ok!! did they fix the electrical problems?
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Err, so did your smoke alarm wake you up then? Isn't that a clue that you should get out of the house? Not to sound cold or anything, I mean, I'm glad you're alright. *hopes he can save from sounding like an ass*
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Forgot to mention another thing, our smoke alarms are battery powered, and old, and we had tested them the day before, but then today they weren't working! It was thanks to my dad for smelling it, everyone else was as tired as hell, we would have died. EDIT: though i was the tirdest! My sisters had to scream at me, I was a bit panicked still when I wrote this thread, so I left this out, sorry!
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Once again, I'm not trying to be an ass, but don't you think new, working smoke alarms are a good thing? A disaster like that could leave you not so lucky next time.
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yeah, damn, we have replaced the batteries, and it's better now. I don't think I'm gonna go to sleep tonight though, I can't!
EDIT: any you know what's funny? We got smoke alarms for christmas! LOL we are gonna put them in now, it's kinda funny though, as we hadn't gotten around to it yet, and it actually mattered. We will put in the new ones, I am just saying this, cause I just found them
EDIT: any you know what's funny? We got smoke alarms for christmas! LOL we are gonna put them in now, it's kinda funny though, as we hadn't gotten around to it yet, and it actually mattered. We will put in the new ones, I am just saying this, cause I just found them
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Ack! That was close, yesterday I had to hurry to turn off a lamp that was leaving a trail of smoke but nobody else had noticed. Homes are dangerous!
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You got that right!DrJones wrote:Homes are dangerous!
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Re: Fire! (our house almost got burned down!)
Similar thing happened at my house years ago. A a/c window unit cord caught fire only thing is instead of calling the department I got my mom up me and her got some water and put it out. But every thing went well for me. Glad your OK too. Never know when fires could happen but if nothings really lost it's a good thing. Not the fire itself but everything being OK afterwards.
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Well, at the moment, I am not actually at the house, I will be staying in hotels, some people are coming to clean the entire house out, and get rid of the bad fumes and such. It will take a week, so I may or may not be on the forums.