A few weeks ago, we woke up to the smoke detector at 230 in the morning. We wen out in to the kitchen to find flames climbing up the cabinets. Luckily my dear hubby is a quick thinker, he ran for the extinguisher and I ran for the kids and the phone. I ran out of the house calling 911 and he put out the fire.6 fire trucks came rumbling up while we were sitting on the stoop with the kids in our pajamas. The smoke was overwhelming. It took over the whole house. We were lucky though, there really wasn't too much damage. Our Keurig coffeemaker started the fire. It was plugged in, but turned off. It was the only thing melted and destroyed. The cabinets above the machine and the ceiling got the brunt of the damage.. The microwave needs replacing too, it had damage, I can't really say how much, but I am sure the integrity of the machine has been compromised. I don't know about the stove. The area is still under investigation and that includes the stove and I don't know if it sustained any damage not 100% visible, so I don't feel safe using it.
We went out last week and bought many more fire extinguishers, an escape ladder for the top floor and new smoke detectors. It's pretty traumatizing. My husband and I are the luckiest unlucky people in the world.
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