Our (small) House Fire - Lesson 2
Posted on | January 25, 2010 |
We had a house fire a couple of weeks ago - and we’re still working through the aftermath. We’ve learned some lessons along the way that we’re sharing here.
Brief recap - We saw smoke filling the house, called 911, and learned lesson #1.
As the Newport Volunteer firemen arrived, I was outside with our dog, Lovey. The policeman who responded to the call was out with me as well. He was the picture of calm, I think all the first responders knew this wasn’t bad. Within minutes, they had located the source of the burning rubber, metal and acrid smoke smell - the fire was in the furnace and soon it was out.
For such a small fire, the furnace had pushed the smoke and smell throughout the house and out to our neighbor’s house. The firemen brought an industrial fan and ran it for a few minutes. But as it was 26 degrees out, we couldn’t have it on long.
The firemen packed up and left. We felt so lucky that it was a small fire and no one was hurt.
We walked through the house, it smelled terrible - like a tire fire mixed with other bizarre man-made chemicals. We called a friend who gave us the second lesson of the evening - get as many clothes, linens, towels, pillows and rugs out as possible. The smell would permeate them and it would be almost impossible to get out.
We did this - and it saved us hundreds of dollars in cleaning bills.
- Susan
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