Well guys I haven't said anything but I think I need to pass along some information of a situation that happened to me a couple of weekends ago. We were watching the Daytona 500 and at 19 laps to go we discovered our house was on fire! There was a lamp on the dresser in the bedroom and the cord shorted out and caught the top of the dresser on fire. All the furniture in our bedroom is white wicker and it is like hay, it burns REAL FAST!
By the time we discovered it the top of the dresser was on fire and had fallen through to the clothes. The lamp shade had caught fire and when the dresser top caved in the lap fell into the carpet setting it on fire. The fire had also caught up a dried floral decoration on the wall and it was just a blazing. What tipped us off was the popping noise from the wicker burning. Also, it had enough time for the smoke to come into the living room.
This is where the Camaro comes to the rescue. Back when I had it painted I had forgotten my fire extinguisher at the paint shop the day I picked it up. I just went to Wal-Mart and bought another one. Later on, I went back to the paint shop and picked up the old one. This one was sitting in my garage near the cars and I used it to put the fire out. If I hadn't had this fire extinguisher we would have lost our house or it would have been damaged a heck of a lot more.
In all the chaos my wife had called the fire department and by the time they got there I had the fire out and already had fans set up sucking out the smoke and fire extinguisher stuff. All in all, we were very lucky. The entire bedroom and contents are a total loss. The rest of the house was smoke damaged. The fire department determined the cause as the lamp cord. So far the insurance seems to be ok.
Service Master has been here everyday since Monday and will be come again tomorrow. They completely stripped the bedroom and then did a complete overhaul of the house. We have all our spring cleaning done now and soon will have a completely remodeled bedroom. All of our clothes are still gone and we still have no linens or curtains. We have only had to stay in a motel one night and that was when they put this big machine in here that was called an ionizer or ozonator or something like that. We will also get the entire living room, kitchen and dining room repainted.
Long story short, go to the store and buy a First Alert 3 A 10 B C fire extinguisher and have it close by! That will be the best 30 bucks you ever spent. Oh, the insurance company told me they are going to buy me 2 to replace the one I used!!
By the time we discovered it the top of the dresser was on fire and had fallen through to the clothes. The lamp shade had caught fire and when the dresser top caved in the lap fell into the carpet setting it on fire. The fire had also caught up a dried floral decoration on the wall and it was just a blazing. What tipped us off was the popping noise from the wicker burning. Also, it had enough time for the smoke to come into the living room.
This is where the Camaro comes to the rescue. Back when I had it painted I had forgotten my fire extinguisher at the paint shop the day I picked it up. I just went to Wal-Mart and bought another one. Later on, I went back to the paint shop and picked up the old one. This one was sitting in my garage near the cars and I used it to put the fire out. If I hadn't had this fire extinguisher we would have lost our house or it would have been damaged a heck of a lot more.
In all the chaos my wife had called the fire department and by the time they got there I had the fire out and already had fans set up sucking out the smoke and fire extinguisher stuff. All in all, we were very lucky. The entire bedroom and contents are a total loss. The rest of the house was smoke damaged. The fire department determined the cause as the lamp cord. So far the insurance seems to be ok.
Service Master has been here everyday since Monday and will be come again tomorrow. They completely stripped the bedroom and then did a complete overhaul of the house. We have all our spring cleaning done now and soon will have a completely remodeled bedroom. All of our clothes are still gone and we still have no linens or curtains. We have only had to stay in a motel one night and that was when they put this big machine in here that was called an ionizer or ozonator or something like that. We will also get the entire living room, kitchen and dining room repainted.
Long story short, go to the store and buy a First Alert 3 A 10 B C fire extinguisher and have it close by! That will be the best 30 bucks you ever spent. Oh, the insurance company told me they are going to buy me 2 to replace the one I used!!
what a story! I am so glad to hear that everyone is OK and the damage wasn't too bad...I agree with the extingushers. I have one under the kitchen sink , in the garage, and in the camaro's trunk. Don't forget to have them serviced and tagged every year used or not. And don't forget the one in the boat too... You never know.....
