Fuck.

[flvegan]

A house a few doors down is on fire.

Shit. Everybody got out okay. Young renter family. That's the only good news.

[LeftyMom]

That's terrible.

Happened here a few months back. All of their companion animals died, too. :(

[flvegan]

14. I hate myself a little bit now.

When I ran out my front door, I found myself relieved that it wasn't my house or the house next door.

[LeftyMom]

16. That's normal, love.

As is your reaction. The technical term would be survivor guilt.

You'll feel a little better if you bring the firefighters a snack or something so you feel useful.

[Parche]

1. Midlo Playing With Matches Again?

:shrug: :hi:

[Mike 03]

2. Horrible.

My heart goes out to them and you for having had to witness this.

It's a traumatic thing. People don't realize it until they see it with their own eyes or know someone.

[BeachBaby]

3. And it always seems to happen during the holidays.

Every.

Damned.

Time.

Sorry to hear about it, buddy - hope they get the help they need.

[Mike 03]

5. That's true. We had a family burned out here last Christmas, and it was

related to poor wiring and them trying to keep warm because our heating bills here are ridiculous.

[BeachBaby]

7. And that scares me.

I am renting a large, old farmhouse - "old" being the operative term.

Not too many upgrades, you know?

I recently bought renter's insurance and after reading this, I will be calling our local fire dept and getting the Totfinder decals for the upstairs windows.

[TZ]

10. I have a catfinder decal on my kitchen window!

My cats are my children after all....

[BeachBaby]

12. Well make sure you get yourself a turtlefinder.

Just sayin'. :P

[TZ]

13. Sorry but I don't think they have a

stinkbug finder.....too bad....;)

[billyskank]

4. My god, that's awful.

:(

[ThomCat]

6. Damn.

There's never a good time of year to lose everything, but this is the worst... :(

I'm glad they all got out. I hope they have renters insurance. I really hope they have renters insurance.

[flvegan]

11. They just moved in, maybe a month or two ago.

I didn't know anyone lived there until I saw kids on the porch a couple weeks ago.

[lost-in-nj]

8. We just had one a few blocks away

they lost everything, but all got out ok

the father stained the porch then put the rags underneath it.... started with the rags



glad they got out


lost

[TZ]

9. That is awful.

There was a fire in a neighboring building last week...I think it was minor...I wouldn't have even known about it if my cat hadn't started growling loudly in my ear and woken me up. Good kitty!

[Midlodemocrat]

15. Oh, wow. That is so scary.

Happened here about 10 years ago. House burned to the ground. Arson. The family was inside, but got out safely.

Very, very scary stuff.