muck Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Long story, no time to go into it now. Everyone is ok. The house is ok (nothing a SOS pad and some paint won't fix). The expensive things are ok (i.e., couches, flooring, etc.). Notes to everyone out there: Don't light candles that are near greenery. Check your fire extinguishers. Know where your important documents and pictures are at all times. Have a plan in case of a fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Yikes. Glad everything turned out OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_bone65 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Hopefully nothing happened to the crocs Glad to hear everything is ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Muck was just tooooooo hot to be sitting next to that Christmas tree in his crocs, sweatshirt and reading the latest copy of "Derivatives Monthly". Glad everything is OK muck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 very glad everything ended up pretty much ok for you and family , Muck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 OMG. happy to hear that everyone is allright. sorry you had to go through it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Scary stuff. Glad things ended up OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Hugh family party --- 13 adults and 9 kids. Candle burned too low and caught some greenery on fire in a room where my 90yr old grandmother was relaxing. I come around the corner from the kitchen into the living room and as soon as I enter the room, my grandmother yells, "Fire!" I put my 9mo old on the couch and run over to the mantle alternating yelling for help and trying to blow out the fire; it's too big to blow out. My cousin races over and grabs my son, and pulls the small couch out of the way, my dad grabs some books that were on fire and I catch the hot glass vase that was on top of the books so it doesn't shatter on the floor (only burned one finger ). My sister throws water on the books and then on the mantle (which was still on fire) and my aunt tamps out the remaining embers with a blanket. Wife just wheeled around the corner with the fire extinguisher as my aunt was putting out the last little bit of flame. The fire was exactly between these huge cedar timbers on our ceiling; if it had been 1ft in either direction, the flames most assuredly would have caught one of them on fire and it'd be a different ending. If the fire would have gone on for another 1-2 minutes, it would have been a different story, too. God was watching over us, no doubt about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Glad all is okay. Looks like I will be heading to Home Depot for some fire extinguishers today. I only have smoke detectors throughout the house, am thinking an extinguisher upstairs and at least one downstairs is in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Very scary stuff. Glad it turned out like it did. Similar thing happened to my sisters house a couple of days after Christmas 5 years ago. She was asleep and her stepdaughter left a candle on in her room and left. House was pretty much destroyed and they lived in a hotel for a month or longer while looking for a new place. Candles smell nice and all, but sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilthorp Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Freakin scary. Hopefully, you can laugh about it down the road and count your blessings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Glad you are okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Freakin scary. Hopefully, you can laugh about it down the road and count your blessings. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 We've transitioned to only "fake" (battery operated) candles at our house... Not quite the same effect, but they're inexpensive and much safer. Plus, you can get the ones that "flicker" and give the same "feel" of a real candle. Just an idea. Just to be safe, though, I'm thinking a fire extinguisher for the upstairs might be a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 wow, glad everything turned out all right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Irish Doggy Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Glad everything is OK. Reminds me of when I was a kid lighting the candles at the Christmas dinner table. I accidentally caught some greenery on fire with the match and the whole center arrangement nearly went up in smoke. I think that was the last year of real cut greenery in the house and mom switched to all fake stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 glad a major tragedy was avoided for you and your family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 BTW, we should all feel sad for Chief Dick. If my house would have burned down, he would have been inline for a big HVAC sale to me on the rebuild! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Glad all is well. That's pretty frakkin scary.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Glad it was caught in time muck. Go elec candles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 You seen the videos of how fast a Christmas tree goes up in flames? Besides being frakkin' cool as hell, it's scary too. Glad things are well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 BTW, we should all feel sad for Chief Dick. If my house would have burned down, he would have been inline for a big HVAC sale to me on the rebuild! note to self: put paint thinner on that shelf next time.... Glad everything worked out ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWmaker Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Need a light? F'n fire bug! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 (edited) You seen the videos of how fast a Christmas tree goes up in flames? Besides being frakkin' cool as hell, it's scary too. Glad things are well. We had real candles on the tree on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. (One set of candles burns for about 2 or so hours and we burned one set each night.) (We had the fire estinguisher right there as well as a small wet towel soaking in a bowl of water. (The tree was fresh, as I cut it down myself on the 22nd.) The funny thing is that my 3 year-old got concerned on the 26th when we replaced the real candles with electric lights because "Electricity is really dangerous.". (I will note that a happy side-effect of having real candles on the tree is that it forces everyone to stay in the same room and not be distracted by anything else. (Of course, this might be a negative side-effect if you don't like your family.) Glad everything worked out all right for the Muck Family. Edited December 28, 2009 by wiegie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 We had real candles on the tree on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. (One set of candles burns for about 2 or so hours and we burned one set each night.) (We had the fire estinguisher right there as well as a small wet towel soaking in a bowl of water. (The tree was fresh, as I cut it down myself on the 22nd.) The funny thing is that my 3 year-old got concerned on the 26th when we replaced the real candles with electric lights because "Electricity is really dangerous.". (I will note that a happy side-effect of having real candles on the tree is that it forces everyone to stay in the same room and not be distracted by anything else. (Of course, this might be a negative side-effect if you don't like your family.) Glad everything worked out all right for the Muck Family. I call BS - there's no way you cut your own tree... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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