Close call today

[Lil-Rokslider]

Came home from church today to a house full of smoke.

One of my kids had left the fireplace on with pillows stacked against the front of it before we left......

 

[go_deep]

Sunny Beaches! You had a really close call there!

 

[Soj51hopeful]

I would be sooo pissed. Hopefully it’s a lesson learned.

 

[Lil-Rokslider]

I would be sooo pissed. Hopefully it’s a lesson learned.

Ya I made sure there was a lesson learned. And the pillow is gonna stay in our house for a while as a reminder.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Glad all is OK and everyone safe.

 

[BigNate]

Oh snap!
Thank God you came home to a home!

 

[Elmer J. Fudd]

Good thing it wasn’t a long sermon. Happy to hear everyone is ok.

 

[Lil-Rokslider]

Good thing it wasn’t a long sermon. Happy to hear everyone is ok.

We were gone for more than 2 hours! Crazy it wasn't worse. I think the pillow must be made with some sort of flame retardant material.

 

[TNHunter18]

Man I’m glad everything is okay! Could have been a lot worse!

 

[Elmer J. Fudd]

We were gone for more than 2 hours! Crazy it wasn't worse. I think the pillow must be made with some sort of flame retardant material.

My in-laws went through a house fire and the whole experience was terrible. The fire was bad but the way they talked the insurance company was worse. I’m glad you get to avoid all that

 

[DanMan]

Close call for sure. Glad that it was caught before it got too bad! Even a few minutes can make a huge difference in the amount of damage.
I do hvac system cleaning and restoration for a living for almost 30 years now. A lot of my jobs are in fire / smoke damage situations just like yours.. It can go from a clean / deodorize job to a tear out / replace job very quickly. Of course the most important thing is nobody gets hurt. Thru the years I've had a few jobs where someone was asleep and didn't make it. Heartbreaking.
Thank God and count your blessings my friend.

 

[Beendare]

Be smart.

My neighbor set my tree on fire at 3 am by putting a plastic garbage can out with fireplace ashes in it.

My one buddies wife burned their whole house down by leaving bags of ashes along the side of the house.

 

[cnelk]

What was the sermon about?

 

[I live in round valley]

What was the sermon about?

Fire and brimstone

 

[Jethro]

Better make it to church next Sunday. Give the man upstairs a big thank you.

 

[doc holiday13]

Buy or borrow an ozone generator if you want to get the smell out. You're gonna have to wash the walls and wipe every surface down too. All that smoke has attached itself to all the dust. Ozone will fix the smell though

 

[Hnthrdr]

Woah! Glad that everyone was okay it wasn’t any worse, the good Lord must have been looking out for you. Good reminder

 

[Mish-pop]

Glad to hear that you made it home in time, no one was hurt, and mostly only smoke damage. Hopefully this lesson will be learned by your kids for the rest of their lives

 

[GSPHUNTER]

My son-in-law did the same thing with a blanket. They came home to a fire in their bedroom ,blanket, chair, an throw rug. He opened the window and pitched it all out still burning. I had warned my daughter a few time about keeping anything flammable items close to the fire place.

 

[TaperPin]

Glad everyone is ok - it’s a good reminder to do what we can to help people make safe choices. The wife’s family is full of candle burners - drives me nuts if they burn them without being in the same room, especially if they have cats.

We also need to keep the inside of driers and drier vents cleaned out - many houses burned down that could have been prevented.