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anthony7777

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day before yesterday we were woken by sirens that lasted for over 4 hours, ive been concerned about roof collapse since many of the homes here are of contemporary design calling for roof pitches to be rather shallow/flat and are now holding a great amound of snow and thought this or perhaps a car accident might have been the case since we didnt smell or see smoke, yesterday just three blocks from our house returning home from picking my wife up from her office we turned a corner and both noticed something didnt look/feel right when my wife said OMG!, there where once stood this great older wooden framed home we and many others admired and whose owners had over the last three years spent a fortune remodeling was nothing, the only way one could tell a house had ever been there was bits of stone foundation only inches above the ground, it was obvious the coflagration was tramendous and the brave fireman could only control the blaze from speading to other homes but stood no chance or hope of extingwishing. as of yet we dont know if anyone was injured or what could have been the reason for the fire but seeing this was a reminder that this can happen to anyone since three years ago we had a kitchen fire in our own home, everyone please watch your electric space heaters, fireplaces, oil burners, stoves, etc.
 
And don't let your lovely bride ignore your dire warnings and put hot fireplace ashes in a paper bag, then into the trash can outside the back door just after you leave for work.
 
If you were awakened by the sirens then it is a good chance that the owners were asleep also. If all survived, and I hope they did, they were probably saved by working smoke detectors. This is a reminder to check your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. If your house is several years old then the detectors installed when it was built are probably past there life expectency.
Also many homes do not have carbon monoxide detectors since they have only been required for the last few years. You need one on each level. When my son bought his first house I picked up two when we were in HD. They were the plug in type. He called to thank me one day after they had gone off and the fire dept. came and found dangerous levels throughout the house. The stack on his furnace had failed.
 
This is also why I just bought an isosafe 2TB fire proof hard drive.
 
update, thank goodness no one was home at the time of the fire, the owners being a young man hise wife two children about 4 and 7 years old and the young mans mom were away, they havnt allowed anyone to enter the ashes as of today, dont think thell find much as far as personal belongings, perhaps the inspectors will be able to find the cause of the fire?
 
Yeah, well.....

Took the top half off, had to have the bottom half gutted to the studs, it was 4-5 months living in camping trailers in the driveway.
 
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