The Day We All Dread

[Da67goatman]

I was awoken this morning to my father shouting fire call 911.  It was about 6:40 am, still dark and the garage was on fire.
The fire dept that's only 1/2 mile away is closed all winter(budget cuts) because they have to pay for heat.  So they had to come from the station that's 9 miles away, by the time they got here, it was just a huge fireball, total loss.

[Captkaos]

That is awful.  At least everyone is ok.

[Da67goatman]

Lost a 2003 Cavalier (on left), and my dad's 67 Chevelle convertible (on the right).  all the tools and spare parts, gone.  can't even plow the driveway, tractor and plow, gone.  4 small blocks, turbo 350, powerglide, gone

[Da67goatman]

Its B.S. that the station was closed or they could have saved the Chevelle and about 8 grand in toy trains on the far right.  and they could have contained the flames fast enough to protect the house, van and my truck. It took them 15 min to get to the fire, vs 3min.  Then it was the probie crew that showed up and took forever to get water flowing.  Talk about feeling helpless, standing there in disbelief, I can't have that bad of luck.

The siding on the house is melted, doors and window also melted and broken.  my dad's work van's bumper, grille and headlights melted, and the windshield was broken by the firefighters.  my truck was dripped with burning plexiglass from the basket ball hoop, broke passenger side rear and 2nd door windows when they hit it with water.  garage and both attached sheds were totaled.  lost so much stuff that's not replaceable, wedding dress and album, pictures of us kids growing up, antique toy trains, the Chevelle, ect.  We lost everything cause it all got shipped out to the garage for the house remodel.

Bottom picture on the 1st post is the 4 banger in the Cav, anything not steel either melted or burnt, hence the missing aluminum intake.

[1982 Daily Driver]

So sorry to see this happen to anyone, it is good nobody was hurt.

[beastie_3]

Sorry for your loss. Any info on cause yet?

[Grim 82]

That's terrible man. My sympathies to you and your family.

[BigBlueBoy]

So sorry to hear man, but everyone made and that's a blessing. This happened over the summer by me because of lay offs and closings of fire houses in my rural area.

[Da67goatman]

Undetermined cause.  They keep trying to pin it on the only piece of electrical equipment plugged in, a brand new 18 volt Dewalt battery charger.  My best friend is a volunteer fire fighter in a neighboring township and he left his driveway and saw the smoke cloud across the lake, 15 miles away.  He took his dept truck even though they weren't called, just because he knew the address.  When we called 911 there was a small fire in the back left corner, by the time they got there, 10 mins after the police showed up which was 5 mins after the call, the whole building was engulfed.  I'm uber ticked that the station 2 seconds from home was closed, that alone would have saved so much.

[JRConnieK10]

Man I'm real sorry to hear about your loss.

[bake74]

     All I can say is sorry, that really sucks and yea, it's a day we all dread..

[Dr_Snooz]

Oh dear God. I'm so sorry to hear it. I'll keep you in my prayers. Hope you are able to get rebuilt quickly. Not that it will be the same.

[Lt.Del]

I can relate.  My dad collected antique tools and such for 50 years and the countless thousands in tools and equipment lost in his garage fire made him sick...insurance settlement was great, but, he lost so many vintage guns, rifles, his vietnam K-bar, etc....
glad no one was hurt....his fire started probably because of squirrels got to his electrical wires

http://www.delbridge.net/fire

[chevyh20]

what hurts is so much is irreplaceable, and so many memories attached like losing a piece of ourselves.

[autorepr]

WOW!  That's a shame!  Sorry to hear that but at least it wasnt the house and you guys were not hurt physically.

That poses a question. Is there a reasonable way to put a sprinkler system in our garages/ barns? Any plumbers or sprinkler system intallers out there? If a guy had a system that at least bought some time till the fire dept. got there?