Motherfuckin Housefire....

[Executioner213]

Woke up at 6:55am to the smell of cooked wire insulation and smoke. Got my wife and kids up. The majority of the house just had a haze and smelled badly of some shit smoldering. Went upstairs to investigate...about the same, until I opened this door and WOOF: a fuckton o smoke, enough to shit a brick. I wasn't about to go all Crocodile Hunter and look for flickering flames as the copious amount of smoke I encountered was enough to freak me out. Told my wife to take the kids/dog/rabbit to my parents house, I dialed the fire department while grabbing laptops, guitars, and my amp to run out to the garage. Figured if worse case scenario, I'd better get the most importants out. Called the fire department at about 7:10, they showed up by 7:15 (impressive, IMO).

In the first image, you can see them climbing on my roof, to where they batted one of our chimneys off the house looking for a point of origin, yet it was on the other end of the house.

Fire department showing up promtly.

Where the fire was primarily, hence the firefighters chopped through to get to it and make sure it was all out.

The lovely mess made in the process.

The most fucked up thing about it is my wife's house burned down 7 years ago on this same day! When she said that, my balls jumped into my throat.

 

[Wolfeman]

Wow crazy man. Glad everyone is alright though! And the gear is safe too.

 

[colonel kurtz]

that sucks man

i had a car get burned to the ground a couple years back...it always sucks to find your shit engulfed in flames!

 

[53Crëw]

Sorry to hear that, man. That sucks. Glad everyone is okay.

 

[Deus.exe]

Dude the same thing happened on sunday in the building where our rehearsal space is. We were so lucky though. All our neighbours rooms were either burnt to a crisp or the door and walls were hacked down by fire fighter axes. Our was totally unaffected by the blaze. When I went to inspect the damage to the building on Monday it was like a horror movie: The walls were completely charred black, no lights except for my flashlight (no electricity of course) and the air was thick and toxic. There were bit of ruined gear every where (among others a MELTED tama 5 peice kit) I managed to get to our room, which was still locked, and everything was completely untouched THANK FUCK!!!

 

[AHChris]

Wow dude... You´re a lucky man! Pics or GTFO^^
We once had water in our room... It was not that much, so no gear was harmed, but we had to rip out the whole floor and had some dehumidifiers running for over a month -.-

 

[Jevil]

Impressive!

 

[Deus.exe]

Wow dude... You´re a lucky man! Pics or GTFO^^
We once had water in our room... It was not that much, so no gear was harmed, but we had to rip out the whole floor and had some dehumidifiers running for over a month -.-

Dude, I didn't have time to take any pic, I just wanted to get a couple of Guitars and get the fuck out of there. The owner of the building was there (he had to arrange security because all the outside doors were destroyed) said that there was still dangerous amouts of CO2 in the air inside and that I sound get in and out as quickly as possible. It was fukkin hard to brethe in there.

 

[AHChris]

I think I would die if something even remotely near my equipment is starting to burn... I love my equipment^^

 

[greyskull]

your family and your gear are safe! thats all that mattera!

 

[Deus.exe]

Yeah man. Glad everythings safe with you.

 

[kev]

Defo. What was the cause?

 

[Zack Uidl]

^ Yeah what caused it. Crazy stuff man, glad you guys got out for sure!

 

[SocialNumb]

Wow man, lucky it wasn't worst. Do some repairs and some cleaning and you're all good. No one got hurt and that's what matters.

 

[muckypup1]

I think I would die if something even remotely near my equipment is starting to burn... I love my equipment^^

Good equipment is the most important thing, it should come before life haha!

 

[Executioner213]

I got the fam out before I worried about any possessions. It was all upstairs, so I knew I had at least a good 2 minutes to get the important shit (guitars/amp/computers) out before the FD showed up and weren't gonna let me back in. I was freakin out more that they were gonna have to douse everything and have to replace some gear that works perfectly fine.

It was caused by a short in the wiring. My wife bought the house in 2003, and the person before said it had all new wiring put in. Apparently it was a job that received a case of beer in payment, because my first clue for several years was the fact that so many random circuits were piggybacked on different breakers and none of it made sense. Even though it was new wiring, it was poorly done wiring. Poor enough that wiring to the upstairs, which had been unused for months (narrow, akward angled stairs keep us from being able to bring beds and shit up there and it's partially unfinished, so we don't use it), would just spark up in the attic area. Nothing plugged in up there slowly drawing current, just faulty wiring. If I knew who the fuckin hillbilly was that did this wiring job, I'd be in good mind to impale him.

Now we have to stay in a motel room, as the smoke is kinda unbearable to stay in for long periods and we have to stay out of the mess until the insurance adjuster shows up...on Wednesday, next week. At least there is continental breakfast. lol

 

[Harry Hughes]

Sucks to hear about this, wow.
Makes you realize it doesn't always happen to "someone else"

 

[Nebulous]

Very glad to hear everyone is ok and the damage was that minimal, given what could have happened.

 

[ahjteam]

 

[AntonioPetrole]

I had this happen to me January or last year. We were running on brown power for 6 days and everytime we called the power company they would just say they were gonna be there and they never showed up. Next thing i know the inside of the wall is on fire. I grabbed my guitar and comp and ran out with my brother and mom. House didnt burn down, but it was condemned and i have been homeless ever since. I am stuck in a 1 bedroom apartment with 5 people right now. Shit sucks and only gets worse, glad to hear everyone is ok though.