JesseLee Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Our daughter woke us up this morning very frightened. The house was getting smoky. Our electric furnace was on fire. I was dumping baking soda & flour on the flames the best I could while my wife was on the phone with 911 & everybody ordering me out of the house. When the fire department got there they found only smoke & heat. I believe a Higher Power put that fire out. I am upset because I know we don't have the money to fix/replace the furnace but I am so thankful our house didn't burn down. We do have a small fireplace for the colder nights. Will be extra thankful this Thanksgiving! Jesse Gwyl Blaser and Bernard Kelly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exwafoo Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 I'm glad everyone is OK Jesse, that's the important thing. All the best Alan Gwyl Blaser, Bernard Kelly and JesseLee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Oh - what a scare! I too am glad you and your family are ok. I hope you can find a alternative heat source soon. We hope the best for you. Gwyl Bernard Kelly and JesseLee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kelly Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Just glad you and your family are safe Jesse. I hope things work out and you are not too inconvenienced. Bernard JesseLee and Gwyl Blaser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Thanks goodness everyone is okay. How are you holding out? I will keep you in my prayers. Hopefully you can find out the root cause of why it shorted out? Jeff JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Glad you and your family are safe. Praying coming your way. Charlie Chasseur and JesseLee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottleneck Treasures Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 A higher power was certainly at work here. Glad everyone is well. This time of year especially house fires can be devastating. Happy ALL are well JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Thanks everyone! Jeff, we are ok, a little chilly but doing ok. We are attempting to get a guy from our church to come look at it who does heating/air but he seems to be out of town right now. Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Zuch Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 You are very lucky that no one was hurt. Fire can spread very quickly. I have been in your position and had a fire on my boat caused by a heater. The fire department was there very quickly and since I never locked the boat the damage was just to the interior. Lucky I had insurance and some good friends that stopped me from being homeless. It was close to four months before I was back on board. J Zuch Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Wow! glad it wasn't any worse for you! Woke up to a cold house this morning. I was up & down all night keeping a small fire going (mostly slow burning coals) in the fireplace to have some heat. It got down in the 20s last night here. Still very thankful. Rather have a cold house than a burned down house! Jesse Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Goodwin Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Glad that you & your family are safe. Good angles you have. Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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