May
06
Posted on 06-05-2008
Our House Fire
Filed Under (House & Home) by Jules on 06-05-2008

My husband saved my life last night. I was snoozing away around 2:30AM, oblivious to the world, when our house filled up with smoke. It woke him up, and he ran out into the living room to help put out the fire that started in our guest bathroom trash can. We’re not 100% sure how it started, but we found two teenage boys standing there. One saying, “It wasn’t me! Don’t look at me!” and the other one in panic mode pouring water into the trashcan.

We opened up all the windows and tried to air the house out the best we could. I crawled back into bed with the blankets pulled up over my nose and went back to sleep. I think my last words to the boys were, “We will talk about this tomorrow night when I get home from work.”

Now excuse me while I go check on our renters insurance coverage…

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MyAvatars 0.2 fancy on 6 May, 2008 at 5:19 pm

The Kidz - They’re in yer bathroom, burnin tha treez


MyAvatars 0.2 Nothus on 6 May, 2008 at 5:20 pm

This was the night that the NEWS aired a piece on flame retardant mattresses!

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MyAvatars 0.2 Michael Beck on 6 May, 2008 at 5:24 pm

Glad to know everyone lived to tell the tale! But dealing with the fallout is never fun. Hope them boys learn a valuable lesson from this!


MyAvatars 0.2 corrin on 6 May, 2008 at 5:39 pm

oh no. those boys are in trouble!


MyAvatars 0.2 Mr. Fabulous on 6 May, 2008 at 6:02 pm

You’re lucky to be alive. Good thing he still loves you!

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MyAvatars 0.2 Colleen on 6 May, 2008 at 6:09 pm

Holy cow! What were those boys burning in the bathroom?

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MyAvatars 0.2 Spice on 6 May, 2008 at 6:24 pm

Uh-oh, bet the boys are in tourble. Glad everyone’s ok though!


MyAvatars 0.2 Marisa on 6 May, 2008 at 6:41 pm

Oh, dear! I’m so glad no one was hurt. I sure wouldn’t want to be the boys tonight.

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MyAvatars 0.2 Lisa Marie Mary on 6 May, 2008 at 6:51 pm

OMG, Jules! Oh my, I wouldn’t want to be you OR the boys tonight! Not gonna be fun, dealing with that! I’ll be thinking of you, though - sending ‘be strong, give ‘em tough love’ vibes to you!

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MyAvatars 0.2 Kirsten on 6 May, 2008 at 7:18 pm

Glad to hear everyone is OK. House fires are my worst fear. Of course, the boys worst fear right now should be your sleep deprived wrath. Hopefully they won’t even think to try this again!


MyAvatars 0.2 suni on 6 May, 2008 at 7:59 pm

omg thank God you are alive !!!! boys can be sooo… boyish. eek :(
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MyAvatars 0.2 Avitable on 6 May, 2008 at 8:29 pm

No smoke alarms in your place? I’m glad that he smelled it, though.

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MyAvatars 0.2 Jules on 6 May, 2008 at 8:32 pm

Avitable - OMG, you totally reminded me of last night! There are TWO smoke alarms downstairs, and one upstairs in the loft. NONE of them went off!!!!!


MyAvatars 0.2 Avitable on 6 May, 2008 at 8:35 pm

Maybe you should buy portable ones and glue them to the teenagers! :)
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MyAvatars 0.2 DonnaLeigh on 6 May, 2008 at 8:37 pm

YIKES!!!! Glad it turned out ok!

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MyAvatars 0.2 Jules on 6 May, 2008 at 9:16 pm

Avitable - GREAT IDEA! HA!


MyAvatars 0.2 Lisa on 6 May, 2008 at 9:51 pm

I can’t wait to hear what they were actually doing.

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MyAvatars 0.2 Franklin on 6 May, 2008 at 11:21 pm

Gotta love kids! LOL One of mine once set a fire in his grandparents bathroom and, even though he was the last person to use that bathroom, he swore he didn’t know how that fire got started LOL

I am glad to see that nobody was hurt in your house. yet! LOL

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MyAvatars 0.2 Loretta on 6 May, 2008 at 11:53 pm

We had a fire incident when my boys were much younger, and I only had three at the time -lol-

Sorry the boys are giving you such a rough time lately. I bet they’ve been nervous all day today!

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MyAvatars 0.2 Laura on 7 May, 2008 at 7:02 pm

Oh my goodness, Julie - ugh!

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MyAvatars 0.2 Connie on 7 May, 2008 at 7:58 pm

Glad you’re all OK, at least the boys are until now. Check those smoke detectors!

My dd (she was about 13) had a friend over and they decided to burn drink umbrellas and candles on top of her dresser. Youngest (baby at the time) was next door in her room. Smoke detector goes off. Hubby had to use fire extinguisher to put out fire.

When I called the other kid’s mom she was mad at me! Didn’t think it was “an issue”. Gotta love it.

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MyAvatars 0.2 Shawn Knight on 8 May, 2008 at 10:08 pm

eerily reminded of that song “Smokin in the boys room”… but yeah, glad to hear everyone is alright and no major damage was done.

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