fishin4cars
True friends just call me Larkin
Well it's been a very busy week. I started a new job and was only suppose to work two or three days a week. My coworker had to have some skin cancer removed so I have been working every day. Wed. night I was out by the barn when this loud alarm sound started up. I walked around the edge of the barn to see what all the noise was just about the time it dawned on me that it was my house alarm. Since I had never heard it before I really didn't know what it was or why. Took a couple of steps toward the house and the back door flew open and a HUGE ball of fire came out the door. You can only imagine what went through my brain next. (Those words probably should be kept in private but I think most will get the idea) I ran to the house and all I can see is fire and smoke! My wife is screaming to help get the animals out. By the time the animals were all rescued and the fire gotten under control the Fire dept arrived. The wife and I were both choking and gagging from smoke inhalation. Seems my wife was trying to boil a pot of tea and turned on the wrong eye on the stove. Instead of boiling water she boiled a 2 qt pot of old cooking oil. It ignited and went up into the kitchen cabinets. Not thinking clearly she grabbed the pot and tried to carry it out in the driveway when it exploded in her hand. She has 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns over 70% of her right hand. I ran her to the emergency room and the fire dept started trying to make sure there was no smoldering in the house. When we returned home at 3am Thurs. morning the house was unbelievable. The fire had gone into the wall and up into the second story of the house. (Log Cabin Home) they had to tear out the back wall of the house to get all the fire out. Glad to report that the only injury was my wifes hand which the Dr.s say will fully recover with minimal scaring. The Ins. Company says that there was aprox. $22,000 in damage.
The whole interior of the house is covered in light smoke from the ceiling to the floor. We have been cleaning since Thurs. Morning and are exhausted. But able to stay in the house and didn't have to move out from the damage. Very scary ordeal. I finally got all electricity rerouted and the ponds back up and running this morning. The fire was located right beside the breaker panel and it damaged some of the wiring and tripped every GFCI when the fire dept was watering down the walls. Thank goodness the alarm system worked and we had a fire extinguisher close by. It really could have been so much worse. I have to say Thank you to the Quick response to our local Volunteer Fire dept. They stayed until the fire was completely out and were still here when we returned home. Also Thanking the good lord, I honestly think just a minute or two more and we could have lost the whole house.
The whole interior of the house is covered in light smoke from the ceiling to the floor. We have been cleaning since Thurs. Morning and are exhausted. But able to stay in the house and didn't have to move out from the damage. Very scary ordeal. I finally got all electricity rerouted and the ponds back up and running this morning. The fire was located right beside the breaker panel and it damaged some of the wiring and tripped every GFCI when the fire dept was watering down the walls. Thank goodness the alarm system worked and we had a fire extinguisher close by. It really could have been so much worse. I have to say Thank you to the Quick response to our local Volunteer Fire dept. They stayed until the fire was completely out and were still here when we returned home. Also Thanking the good lord, I honestly think just a minute or two more and we could have lost the whole house.
. Thing is we were overly insured and moving out anyway, safest and best thing he could have done would have been to run out of the house and let the place burn to the ground.
