The Roof, The Roof, The Roof Is On Fire!

[VanHalener]

So I am maxin', I say maxin' and relaxing and messing around with this song I like to mess around with when I feel like messin' around one time one time...

http://s508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/vanhalener/?action=view&current=11967.mp4

Suddenly I hear some cochgobbler out front standing on the horn. I go outside to see what spunkjunkie :homoswitch:wants to hear every cuss word I know and check out a couple of :dafinger: :dafinger: I am packin' when I see this...

BAM!!! http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/vanhalener/IMG_0567.jpg

[VanHalener]

My neighbor and I got 911 on the line and the family out of the house faster than you can say Sammy Hagar is a Douchenozzle.

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[VanHalener]

This is about when I started to worry about the heat melting shit on our side of the road...

http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/vanhalener/IMG_0587.jpg

[chefcraig]

Good grief, what caused this, was it errant fireworks? Looks like it went up fairly quickly. Good for you and the neighbor for being on top of things. Nicely done.

[VanHalener]

After the family watched their legal fireworks go off in the street they sprayed them with water, and the son placed the expended fountains into a plastic bucket on the porch after everyone went inside to watch tv in the basement. The unseen smolder developed into a nightmare that slithered it's way from the front door into the attic rather quickly.

http://s508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/vanhalener/?action=view&current=MVI_0579.mp4

[binnie]

Man, that is unfortunate. How bad was the damage?

[VanHalener]

I can barely see the road from the heat coming off of it...

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[VanHalener]

Somewhere around 400K they are saying.

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[VanHalener]

http://s508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/vanhalener/?action=view&current=MVI_0592.mp4

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[VanHalener]

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[Diamondjimi]

Shiiit!

Great photos dude. What a shame to lose a home...

[Blaze]

Wow! that is always messed up. the shock of how close should be setting in about now. I am real sorry for your neighbor's loss. And having that sit right across the way from your home is always a shiver up your own spine. Glad everyone was physically OK.

[Candy Girl]

Back when I was a teen, our neighbor's that lived behind us house caught on fire. If it hadn't been for their little dog outside going nuts barking, they would have perished, because of where the fire started they would have been trapped. The husband happened to hear the dog and got out of bed in the middle of the night to check.
I remember my Mom crying like a baby, it was very disturbing to watch, but I was mesmerized.

[VanHalener]

Since the front door was engulfed in flames we had to get them out through the back door. Watching the children begin to cry when they made it around the corner and saw the flames taking over their home was a tough pill to swallow.

They are all doing alright. The neighborhood and insurance company descended on these folks faster than you can say Sammy Hagar spreads herpes on his knees at the truck stop.

[Hardrock69]

Right on. It is stuff like this, and also the Great Flood of Nashville that restore my faith in human beings. The house is not the worst of it. The worst of it is losing all of your precious family heirlooms and stuff with sentimental value.

Glad they got out ok.

[Little Texan]

Yeah, it sucks that they lost their home and everything in it, but the important thing is that they all got out of it alive. You can always replace a house, but you can't replace someone's life.

[VanHalener]

At first light we were out there with the family gathering clothing, computers, pictures and albums, the lizard and turtle that crawled under a pile magazines to escpae the heat and flames.
My sweet girl and I made a clothesline across our driveway to hose the ashes and fiberglass insulation from all of their clothing, and as the neighbors came to render assistance we sent them each home with two loads of laundry to clean then return to us for storage. My sweet girl busted her ass cleaning clothing for three college age girls, a 12 year old boy, and the parents. Proud of that chick!

I learned one thing watching that fire grow from small to massive in a matter of three minutes...

HAVE BACKUP EXIT ROUTES PLANNED IN CASE OF FIRE AT HOME

THis I cannot stress enough. I watched this fire grow so phucking fast I was shocked stiff in my boots for a minute. Coming down the stairs that lead you past the front door was NOT an option. Think about it. How the phuck are you going to exit a house if you cannot go downstairs because of an inferno blocking your way?

I will post a couple more pics and vids when I can get back on the house computer.


You know why Sammy Hagar's house will never burn down with him in it?
Because nobody is that lucky!