28 Sep '13 11:48>
Our granddaughter woke us up at 6 am because of the smoke, we found the front porch engulfed almost, tried water from the sink, that helped, then tried the water hose, of all things, it was broken, and could not get water out of it. I slammed it against the porch and it broke a little so water sort of came out, enough to stop the immediate flames, then the fire department came and they finished the job, had to pretty much dismantle the floor of the porch with chainsaws and such. They used FLIR technology (Forward Looking InfraRed imager) to see the hot spots which they used their water hoses to put out.
If our granddaughter ( 9 months old) had not started crying because of the smoke, our whole house would have gone up. As it is, the fire was limited to the porch. It seems it was started by a cigarette smoldering in a plastic bucket.
I couldn't believe I was not able to get the stupid hose to work. Will have to fix that problem today, new hose and such. Also it is a wakeup call to get fire extinguishers which we had 10 years ago but none today.
What a morning! The porch is in ruins right now but that was the extent of it.
If our granddaughter ( 9 months old) had not started crying because of the smoke, our whole house would have gone up. As it is, the fire was limited to the porch. It seems it was started by a cigarette smoldering in a plastic bucket.
I couldn't believe I was not able to get the stupid hose to work. Will have to fix that problem today, new hose and such. Also it is a wakeup call to get fire extinguishers which we had 10 years ago but none today.
What a morning! The porch is in ruins right now but that was the extent of it.