Neighbor's house up in flames

[blkGT500nCA]

Edit: Sorry mods. This should be in pics and video.. Feel free to move.

The Mrs. and I were woken up this morning at around 5am by the sound of a LOUD boom! I mean loud!

Went outside to investigate and there was an ominous orange glow coming through the tress, and I could hear my neighbor screaming that her house was on fire!



Single woman, and she escaped fine, thankfully. Still missing some cats...

We went down to see if there was anything we could do, but it was pretty much a lost cause. Apparently she has NO insurance. I'll get some daytime pics today.

Scary business. It's had been a record dry year here in California.. Thank god for fire fighters.

 

[03cobra#694]

That sucks, and yeah, I saw how dry it was out there and all the brush fire. Hope it all works out for her.

 

[ViciousJay]

no insurance, rut row

I didnt think a bank would lend without it

 

[blkGT500nCA]

no insurance, rut row

I didnt think a bank would lend without it

Yeah, not sure how this happens. :nonono:

She owns the property outright, probably has for decades.

 

[black4vcobra]

Wow, not much left of that house. How long was that picture taken after the fire started?

Glad that nobody was hurt.

 

[blkGT500nCA]

Wow, not much left of that house. How long was that picture taken after the fire started?

Glad that nobody was hurt.

Within 5 mins of waking up. Not sure how long it had been going before then. She said it was her pellet stove.

 

[MTBSully]

Edit: Sorry mods. This should be in pics and video.. Feel free to move.

The Mrs. and I were woken up this morning at around 5am by the sound of a LOUD boom! I mean loud!

Went outside to investigate and there was an ominous orange glow coming through the tress, and I could hear my neighbor screaming that her house was on fire!



Single woman, and she escaped fine, thankfully. Still missing some cats...

We went down to see if there was anything we could do, but it was pretty much a lost cause. Apparently she has NO insurance. I'll get some daytime pics today.

Scary business. It's had been a record dry year here in California.. Thank god for fire fighters.

That truly sucks and a feel bad for her. But i couldnt help but chuckle at these two parts.

Anyways hope everything works out for her and glad she got out okay. Was the boom the water heater or boiler or something?

 

[blkGT500nCA]

That truly sucks and a feel bad for her. But i couldnt help but chuckle at these two parts.

Anyways hope everything works out for her and glad she got out okay. Was the boom the water heater or boiler or something?

:lol: That's not nice.

I don't know what it was, there were a few explosions, but the one was super loud! Water heaters have pressure release valves on them. They'll hiss pretty loud when they go, but not a boom. (remember that episode of mythbusters?)

Same thing with propane tanks... :shrug:

 

[Devious_Snake]

Yea I thought same thing, crazy cat lady hoarder could be a reason....

That sucks for her truly. If she owned it outright then she doesn't have to get insurance on it. Bad move.

 

[Huddleston]

that's terrible. hope everything turns out ok for them.

 

[blkGT500nCA]

Yea I thought same thing, crazy cat lady hoarder could be a reason....

That sucks for her truly. If she owned it outright then she doesn't have to get insurance on it. Bad move.

Yeah, saving a couple $$$ per month with no insurance probably doesn't look so affordable now...

 

[Blackness03]

Feel bad for her. Not the cats. But no insurance?!!

 

[oldmodman]

Feel bad for her. Not the cats. But no insurance?!!

There are a lot of areas in California where you can not get covered by normal insurance.
It's due to the extreme fire hazard and inability of the local fire responders to reach the property in a timely manner.
There are special insurance programs run by the state but they are quite expensive and have an incredibly high deductible.
For instance I live in an OK fire area but a dangerous earthquake area. So by house insurance does not cover earthquake damage. Supplemental insurance is available but it doesn't cover the first 65K in damage and won't cover the required earthquake upgrades during rebuilding.

 

[Mr. Mach-ete]

"Single woman, and she escaped fine, thankfully. Still missing some cats..."

It should have read: Single woman and she escaped fine, thankfully still missing some cats...

 

[allister]

Just this past Monday a house down the road from me exploded, I guess it was from a propane leak. Amazingly, the people made it out fine. They did lose 1 of 2 dogs though in the fire so that was sad.

Propane leak blamed for Clearfield Co. house explosion - WJAC WJACTV.com - Clearfield County