First fire tuck had just arrived, can hardly see the house...
Had broken out quite a few windows and smoke was venting out now...
This is hours later, the fire was under control and it seemed things were wrapping up. I took this from inside Uncle Todd's family room...thats how close it was!
Todd and I went over to his Uncle Todd's house today to use their garage to change the oil in our cars. Todd had just finished working on my car so I parked it on the street and started getting in his car to pull his car up when I noticed it smelled like something was on fire. I stopped what I was doing...listened and I could hear an alarm. I walked down the street a little to see past the curve in the street and then I saw it...SMOKE, SMOKE!!! FIRE!!! The neighbors had already called the fire dept. and the family was just coming out of the house. I called Todd out and he went closer up to the house by the family and they said they were remodeling in the basement and there was a propane tank that must of caught fire. They said their kids weren't home and they got the dog out so everyone was safe. I have never seen anything like this in my life. I have seen house fires on the news but when your there in person its crazy. The smoke is overwhelming! It covered the entire neighborhood with a thick layer to the point where we couldn't see, like a very thick fog. It felt like it took the fire dept forever to get there, every second seemed like an hour. I was watching this family watch their home go up in flames and it was heartbreaking. The fire dept got there and they hooked up the hose just down the street and ran up to the house. They first broke out all of the windows and doors to let the smoke vent. As soon as they did this black smoke funneled out everywhere, it was horrible....watching and hearing them tear the house apart. We went back to Uncle Todd's house and closed the garage door and finished up on our cars because the smoke was horrible to breath in and I just couldn't watch anymore, it was so sad.
Todd and I went over to his Uncle Todd's house today to use their garage to change the oil in our cars. Todd had just finished working on my car so I parked it on the street and started getting in his car to pull his car up when I noticed it smelled like something was on fire. I stopped what I was doing...listened and I could hear an alarm. I walked down the street a little to see past the curve in the street and then I saw it...SMOKE, SMOKE!!! FIRE!!! The neighbors had already called the fire dept. and the family was just coming out of the house. I called Todd out and he went closer up to the house by the family and they said they were remodeling in the basement and there was a propane tank that must of caught fire. They said their kids weren't home and they got the dog out so everyone was safe. I have never seen anything like this in my life. I have seen house fires on the news but when your there in person its crazy. The smoke is overwhelming! It covered the entire neighborhood with a thick layer to the point where we couldn't see, like a very thick fog. It felt like it took the fire dept forever to get there, every second seemed like an hour. I was watching this family watch their home go up in flames and it was heartbreaking. The fire dept got there and they hooked up the hose just down the street and ran up to the house. They first broke out all of the windows and doors to let the smoke vent. As soon as they did this black smoke funneled out everywhere, it was horrible....watching and hearing them tear the house apart. We went back to Uncle Todd's house and closed the garage door and finished up on our cars because the smoke was horrible to breath in and I just couldn't watch anymore, it was so sad.
