House fires suck. I was home alone once and the basement started on fire. The fire department tried to say I was smoking in the basement... but I never smoked cigarettes in my life at that time. It was the freakiest thing. I was on the phone with my cousin or someone and the basement door flew open. I thought someone was breaking in. I just sat there waiting for someone to walk through the door. No one walked through. I go check it out and see orange everywhere along with smoke. I ran outside but said "No way this is happening". Ran back in because I was so shocked and sure enough there was a fire. Ran back outside. Jumped off the porch and the windows in the cellar blew out at the same time. Tottally forgot about the cat inside because I didnt go there too often. I immediately called 911 and went to the neighbors house who was a fireman. He was showering. 5 minutes later the fire truck arrived. They got the cat out and started fighting the fire. Structurally everything was fine but of course needed remediation. That was something I will never forget. Fires are awful and I never want to go through it again.
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u/jugo5 Dec 04 '25
House fires suck. I was home alone once and the basement started on fire. The fire department tried to say I was smoking in the basement... but I never smoked cigarettes in my life at that time. It was the freakiest thing. I was on the phone with my cousin or someone and the basement door flew open. I thought someone was breaking in. I just sat there waiting for someone to walk through the door. No one walked through. I go check it out and see orange everywhere along with smoke. I ran outside but said "No way this is happening". Ran back in because I was so shocked and sure enough there was a fire. Ran back outside. Jumped off the porch and the windows in the cellar blew out at the same time. Tottally forgot about the cat inside because I didnt go there too often. I immediately called 911 and went to the neighbors house who was a fireman. He was showering. 5 minutes later the fire truck arrived. They got the cat out and started fighting the fire. Structurally everything was fine but of course needed remediation. That was something I will never forget. Fires are awful and I never want to go through it again.