Tag: fire

I caused a fire Friday evening. I was bbqing chicken and I came inside to get some bbq sauce. I noticed that one of my plants was drooping as I walked by. It needed to be transplanted to a bigger pot. So I went out back to see what I had. I picked one and then went to wash my hands. I figured I’d use the bathroom while I was there. When I walked out I saw David run past the kitchen window and then I saw it …

The entire BBQ was engulfed in flames and the cushion on the patio chair was burning. I froze. David ran past me and grabbed the fire extinguisher. He managed to contain the fire and we didn’t have to call 9-1-1. Thankfully! It would have been embarrassing to have the fire dept at the home of one of their firefighters, because of a careless mistake like that.

It shook me up quite a bit. The worst is how bad I feel about putting David through that. Mind you, he was amazing! He had been out in the backyard when he smelled the smoke and he acted. Whereas I froze. He knew exactly what to do and he did it without hesitation. And he didn’t freak out at all. He was panicky and out of breathe but he didn’t get mad at me in the slightest. Afterwards he hugged me and said ‘it’s ok, everyone is ok’.

But I feel extra bad because 3 days before this David was called to the scene of a house fire not far from our house. It was late at night and someone’s shed caught on fire. They were in bed. The fire spread to their house. The pager went off 8 times. 8 ppl called 9-1-1 about the fire. They lost everything. The men were at the scene for 8 hours, putting it out. One of their neighbors has smoke damage and the other house also caught fire but it was contained before they lost anything.

Since that night I’ve noticed David doing little things that tell me he was quite affected by it. I saw him checking the date on our fire extinguisher one evening. I noticed he checked the battery in our bedroom smoke detector when we were getting ready for bed. He also reminded me to unplug my hair straightener.

Then I go and almost catch our place on fire …..

I’ve often said that my being so easily distracted is going to cause an accident one of these days.

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