it was a hot superbowl here ...literally.
during half time i was serving cupcakes and everyone was having fun.....out of the corner of my ear i heard a beeping noise .......it didnt stop so i went around the house to find the beep and i went in the kitchen by the stairs to go downstairs ...the beeping got louder. so i followed it downstairs and i thought it was carbon monoxide detector ....so i peeked around the corner into the utility room to see what was happening.
the digital readout was zero but as i was looking at it, i start seeing smoke ...lots of smoke.......and found that the beeping was coming from the fire alarm....not the carbon detector
i follow the smoke only to find my whole furnace covered in flames.
i right away ran upstairs and got the fire extinguisher ..... running was a blur to me bcoz i was pumped on adrenaline and fear ran back downstairs and grabbed a broom on the way.
i used the broom handle to knock the front cover of the furnace off ....i never had so much strength before .....the plastic on the end of the broomstick was starting to melt as i struggled with the front cover a bit ......the front cover came off and made a ton of noise that alerted ppl upstairs that something was wrong.......flames billowed out after the cover came off and the furnace was actully running during all this.
without thinking i ran up to the furnace with the extingisher and let the extiguisher go crazy with full spray.......within a blink of an eye WAWOOOSH the fire was out ...i hit the electrical switch shut the heater down .....ran to my purse got an adjustable wrench .....shut off the gas valve.
by then the basement was full of smoke and ppl were starting to yell my name bcoz they knew something was wrong with all the smoke and they didnt how i was doing in there.
i came out calm and let everything cool for about a half hour...turned some fans on and opened windows for the smoke.
went back took a pic to see the damage.
and i burst out in tears. LOL
the heater is gone ....i slept last night with a space heater and the whole house is 58 degrees now.
the damage dont look as bad on this side once everything cooled .
during half time i was serving cupcakes and everyone was having fun.....out of the corner of my ear i heard a beeping noise .......it didnt stop so i went around the house to find the beep and i went in the kitchen by the stairs to go downstairs ...the beeping got louder. so i followed it downstairs and i thought it was carbon monoxide detector ....so i peeked around the corner into the utility room to see what was happening.
the digital readout was zero but as i was looking at it, i start seeing smoke ...lots of smoke.......and found that the beeping was coming from the fire alarm....not the carbon detector
i follow the smoke only to find my whole furnace covered in flames.
i right away ran upstairs and got the fire extinguisher ..... running was a blur to me bcoz i was pumped on adrenaline and fear ran back downstairs and grabbed a broom on the way.
i used the broom handle to knock the front cover of the furnace off ....i never had so much strength before .....the plastic on the end of the broomstick was starting to melt as i struggled with the front cover a bit ......the front cover came off and made a ton of noise that alerted ppl upstairs that something was wrong.......flames billowed out after the cover came off and the furnace was actully running during all this.
without thinking i ran up to the furnace with the extingisher and let the extiguisher go crazy with full spray.......within a blink of an eye WAWOOOSH the fire was out ...i hit the electrical switch shut the heater down .....ran to my purse got an adjustable wrench .....shut off the gas valve.
by then the basement was full of smoke and ppl were starting to yell my name bcoz they knew something was wrong with all the smoke and they didnt how i was doing in there.
i came out calm and let everything cool for about a half hour...turned some fans on and opened windows for the smoke.
went back took a pic to see the damage.
and i burst out in tears. LOL
the heater is gone ....i slept last night with a space heater and the whole house is 58 degrees now.
the damage dont look as bad on this side once everything cooled .