Have you ever almost' burned the house down?

[ShesRad80]

either cooking mishap, bbq incident, candle gone wrong etc. have you ever almost burnt the place you live down?

[nolabels]

Nope, quite the opposite.

When I was 12 years old, our natural gas clothes dryer had a pipe fitting come apart, shooting flames about 10 feet into our basement from the open pipe.

When it happened, I was playing in the woods behind our house when I heard my mom frantically whistling for me to come home (Mom could whistle and be heard for a very long distance.) From the urgency of her whistling, I knew that something must be really wrong, so I ran home as quickly as I could.

I was scared shitless, but my dad had passed away a few months earlier, so I had a "I'm the man of the house now" mentality. I went to the basement, evaluated the situation, then got behind the clothes dryer and turned off the gas valve, ending the threat to our home.

The clothes dryer was shot, and a laundry basket melted, but that was the extent of the damage.

I'm not sure why mom chose to "whistle" me home rather than calling the fire department, but that's what happened. The fire department was called after the fact. I was commended for my bravery, but also was told that I shouldn't have done what I did.

In retrospect and considering that I became an HVAC technician as an adult, being familiar with what is possible in regard to flame propagation and the chances of explosion, my actions made complete sense, then and now.

Good times.

[FunkyMonkee]

Sort of. I bought a Vinnie pie one day about 30 years ago and, once I finished eating it, I decided to throw the paper and cardboard it's wrapped in, into the fireplace rather than have it load up the waste basket. It burned up without a problem but because of the olive oil on the paper and cardboard, some of that, still on fire, floated up the chimney and caught the chimney on fire! It was about 3:00 a. m.. I had no idea there was fire shooting up out of the chimney but I could hear the fire roar and just thought it was the fire in the fireplace I was hearing. Luckily, somebody outside saw the flames shooting up out of the chimney and alerted the police and the fire dept. had it out in a just a few minutes. But, we all had to evacuate the house for about 20:00 `til they were sure it was out. Not long after, dad bought some kind of liner for the chimney to keep that from ever happening again.

[Jazzy54]

No, but almost flooded the house. I was 12 at the time and I didn’t know how to use the washing machine yet. My cousin and I had been eating candy on my bed and some crumbs got on my comforter. We had the bright idea to wash it without telling anyone. Big mistake. Things started out okay, but eventually, water started coming out of it. We told my mom and she got really mad and yelled at us. 😂

[Sour-rose]

twice. Because the meat cooked too fast on the skillet, and i wanted toast that time. Both caught on fire, and in my new home (room for rent) burnt my meat twice. My landlord has not punched me in the face for smoking his kitchen up. So that's good.

[ShesRad80]

👍👍💕

[Blueeyes81]

Not my house but my shop. I ran out of propane for my torch that I use to light my forced air forge. So I lit some paper towels and put them in the forge, turned on the air, then the propane. Lit right up as planned. I started forging but kept smelling something but couldn't figure out what. A few minutes later I was like something is burning but I don't see any smoke. Another few minutes goes by and I turn around and my garage door is on fire. My forge had blown the lit paper towels out when it ignited and they landed right next to my garage door. Luckily I had a fire extinguisher handy.

Another time I got done mowing and parked the mower in my garage. I take about 15 steps and I hear a "woosh" sound. I turn to see my mower up in flames. Fire extinguishers are a life saver. Never came close to burning down the house.

[Friendlybro79]

Yeah when I was 13 I was allowed (latch key kid) to cook when my parents were at work after school. Made scrambled eggs and forgot to turn the stove off and the pan started smoking. I frigging threw the pan in the backyard over the fence and blew all the fans and opened the windows. Parents never found out. They're still looking for that pan 30 years later. It was apparently the good pan.

[Whatthefluff]

Surprisingly, no. I have burned plastic that was on the stovetop by accident, and apologized to my household for their future cancer.

[exitseven]

I have. Never done this. I have a whole bunch of fire extinguishers scattered around my house just in case. I am really careful with fire.

[jamesgoldman]

I haven't but my mother did about around 20 years ago, spent 3 months in a hotel during the renovations and got some great insurance payouts

[BoopBoopBeep]

Not my house, but we molotov'ed one at work once.

[Sparkie460]

No I haven't. I've kept houses from burning down due to electrical issues

[dolemite58]

no i love that episode of the community in the last pic by the way 😅

[iron_ninjs]

I didn't, but my roommate almost did.

[BrookeS]

Yes, got really drunk

[Bklynbadboy12]

No never and I love your profile pic

[LavLavLuv]

Nope..

[eagle1951]

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