JACKSMYDOG
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So I thought I had posted about this but apparently not.
Sunday Nov 13 at 6 am, my boy Kyuss woke me up to the back house of my house on fire. I stood up, and was immediately felled by the smoke down to half mast. The house was pitch black, and not even any light coming in from outside, as I live rural, so there are no street lights. I was able to grab my cell phone, pants and a t-shirt, on my way to the front door, stepped into my boots, and out the let dogs out. The only other thing I got was their collars/leashes which hang at the door.
Outside I was able to corral the dogs and I called 911. While on the phone, I brought the dogs to the Ranger and got them inside, and my work jacket/hat were inside. Fortunately, my key fob was still in my pants pocket, the other was in the house (replacement fob was over $500 CDN after tax). Volunteer FD in my area, which is 6km away. I wasn't paying much attention to the time, but I think they were about 13-15 minutes to arrive on scene, which is pretty good.
My house was built in 56 as a cottage, on the shore of Lake Erie. It was winterized and renovated a few times in the 70, 80 & 90s, lots of wood & paneling, no drywall or fire resistant products. When I left with the dogs, I had left the door open, and in the few minutes it took to get back to the front, it was completely engulfed.
Fire Department worked hard, but they had no chance to save it. The inside was completely burned out other than a few wall 2x4s. All the windows blew out, and the fire burned right through some of the exterior walls too. A couple hours until it was mostly shut down, they had to cut through the floor in a few places for burning in the crawl space. They also had to cut into the attic from the outside to get water up there. Most of the roof held together.
I called insurance at 8am which being a Sunday went to an answering service. They called back by 830am, and had contractors in motion to come board and fence it up for safety, on scene before noon.
That was also my first day back to work for the season, I had to report in at 11pm that night. I left the house with the dogs, did some shopping for toiletries and clothes. Also, because of the dogs, I didn't want to invade any of my family's homes, so I also had to find a hotel.
Sunday Nov 13 at 6 am, my boy Kyuss woke me up to the back house of my house on fire. I stood up, and was immediately felled by the smoke down to half mast. The house was pitch black, and not even any light coming in from outside, as I live rural, so there are no street lights. I was able to grab my cell phone, pants and a t-shirt, on my way to the front door, stepped into my boots, and out the let dogs out. The only other thing I got was their collars/leashes which hang at the door.
Outside I was able to corral the dogs and I called 911. While on the phone, I brought the dogs to the Ranger and got them inside, and my work jacket/hat were inside. Fortunately, my key fob was still in my pants pocket, the other was in the house (replacement fob was over $500 CDN after tax). Volunteer FD in my area, which is 6km away. I wasn't paying much attention to the time, but I think they were about 13-15 minutes to arrive on scene, which is pretty good.
My house was built in 56 as a cottage, on the shore of Lake Erie. It was winterized and renovated a few times in the 70, 80 & 90s, lots of wood & paneling, no drywall or fire resistant products. When I left with the dogs, I had left the door open, and in the few minutes it took to get back to the front, it was completely engulfed.
Fire Department worked hard, but they had no chance to save it. The inside was completely burned out other than a few wall 2x4s. All the windows blew out, and the fire burned right through some of the exterior walls too. A couple hours until it was mostly shut down, they had to cut through the floor in a few places for burning in the crawl space. They also had to cut into the attic from the outside to get water up there. Most of the roof held together.
I called insurance at 8am which being a Sunday went to an answering service. They called back by 830am, and had contractors in motion to come board and fence it up for safety, on scene before noon.
That was also my first day back to work for the season, I had to report in at 11pm that night. I left the house with the dogs, did some shopping for toiletries and clothes. Also, because of the dogs, I didn't want to invade any of my family's homes, so I also had to find a hotel.
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