“It’s all just things”, we say, until it’s our things that have gone up in smoke.
A house fire can occur at any time and often happens with little or no warning. Electrical wiring, cooking grease, lightning strikes, candles, dryers, cars, chemicals, wildfires, a neighbor’s house fire or toys left on lamps can all cause a fire to start. While many fires are preventable, there are plenty that are not.
Did you know that during 2010-2014, roughly one of every 338 households reported a house fire per year, according to the National Fire Prevention Association? Most of us probably know someone who has experienced a house fire.
It could happen to any one of us. It happened to a family near my neighborhood this year. The all survived, but they lost everything. The fire started in the dryer while the mom was in the shower. Perfect timing, right? She grabbed clothes and got the children out of the house. Most likely, there was nothing the family could have done to prevent the fire – it was most likely electrical in nature.
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After the fire, the community came together to support them. They have moved to a different house and the old house has been
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completely razed. Before that happened, though, they had to spend hours at the old house with an insurance agent trying to remember every item they owned. They actually ended up being able to find a few key family heirlooms that weren’t completely destroyed, but at first, they thought everything was gone and the items that were lost that brought tears to their eyes were the irreplaceable ones – photos and heirlooms. The mother has shared her experience with the local…