Yesterday, my friend was just waking up from his nap, getting ready to head over to his grandmother's house to pick up her computer so I can reformat it. Twenty minutes after he had waken up, he said he sensed an odor of burning wood and paint seeping through the walls. He grabbed his two dogs and ran out of the apartment. After retreating safely outside, he turned around and looked up. At that point, he witnessed the beginning of the end of that apartment. All the residents from the four conjoined units escaped unscathed. The fire is under investigation at the present time, but it is believed that it was electrical-related in the unit next door (back wall). After seeing him on the news again, I went over there today to help him retrieve things that were still salvagable. The following pictures shows the destruction fire can cause within a matter of minutes.







This was the bed he was sleeping in 20 minutes before (mattress and boxspring removed).






He was talking to his neighbor from his apartment unit.






We had to get most of the stuff out before the 2nd story floor collapsed. It had soaked up a lot of water.






The next unit over




He is taking it very well. He has high hopes for the future to come.

 

Heartbreaking. Glad everyone is ok though.

 

wow that sucks..

 

damn man thats really shitty.. hope he does okay

 

damn thats shitty. does he have any form of insurance that will cover his stuff?

 

damn i couldnt even imagine what id do if my house/apt burned down

 

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The apartment should cover it.

 

damn thats shitty, glad every1 is ok though, sucks it had to happen around the holidays too

 

glad to hear everyone is ok...good luck to your friend

 

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well the apartment cant cover it...there's no more roof

 

that sucks, hope your friend gets some good compensation.

 

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x2

 

That's something nobody wants to ever go through...I like the pics though because it shows something that most people don't get to see up close.

 

Thats terrible to hear. At least everyone is okay though.

 

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+1

It's a good thing he woke up when he did.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Black95EJ1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Heartbreaking. Glad everyone is ok though.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

Damn!!!! Main thing is your friend and everyone else got out okay. Hope your friend manages to get everything sorted out!

 

We had a fire in my house when I was 15...I almost slept thru it because it smelled like my dad was making pancakes.

 

Geez... I hope he gets through this ok. What a sucky time of year for this to happen.

 

thats my worst fear.

 

Hope he had renters insurance...I wouldn't know what I would do if that happened to me .

Thank God everyone made it out ok .

 

See it all too much. It's hard to watch the people watch as their stuff is burned.

I could have been much worse, he could have died. So look at the brightside.

 

wow, i know what he's going through, our house burnt down 2yrs ago. it's very hard to accept.

hope the best for your friend.

 

That sucks.

 

oh snap