About last night_________________big scare.
@amadeo (111948)
United States
January 9, 2018 3:44pm CST
Good afternoon.Last night was a horror.
Mike and I been smelling smoke.No detector went off.
The smell was getting worse.I was in a shamble.
The wood stove was so full there and cause this.This is our first time with this.
We stayed up most of the night.He went out door looking around and saw nothing.
only one thing to do is clean out the stove.
Step by step.I told him to call the fire dept to check this out.
But he did not want.He took out some of the ashes.The coal were so huge and must have cause blockage there.We stayed up and baby sit the stove.
Clean out more ashes.Wait awhile and more.
My blood pressure must have hit the roof.
After a couple of hours.Things quiet down.
Still he should have call.
Today no fire.He clean the stove and pipes things look okay.
we had too much coal there .Right now the way I feel could care less to see another fire in the stove.But will not happen.
finally around midnight we went to bed and things were okay.
It was very scary.
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@Marilynda1225 (79722)
• United States
9 Jan 18
That certainly sounds scary and glad that Mike got the stove cleaned out and you didn't have a disaster on your hands.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
9 Jan 18
@Marilynda1225 yes.I hate the smell of smoke.
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@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
9 Jan 18
I agree he should have called fire department to have them check it out.
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@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
10 Jan 18
@amadeo Right. I hope it is ok now.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
10 Jan 18
@Tina30219 It is fine.With the weather so mild .No need for the stove.But soon
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
9 Jan 18
@Tina30219 yes they would have come in and clean it out for us.
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@kobesbuddy (74553)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 Jan 18
@DianneN My sister had a chimney fire once,while burning wood in their fireplace! Their house almost started on fire:(
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@snowy22315 (169963)
• United States
9 Jan 18
Oh my goodness they must have been scary! I am glad that you found the cause of the problem!
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
9 Jan 18
@snowy22315 yes so am I.I was a basket case.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
10 Jan 18
That sure does sound scary and so many fires because of woodstoves and chimney's lately. Glad you investigated and were able to keep it under control and didn't turn out worse.
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@marguicha (215410)
• Chile
9 Jan 18
I´m glad it all turned out well. But I imagine it must have been very scary.
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@FourWalls (62133)
• United States
10 Jan 18
Scary indeed. I’m terrified of fire. That’s why I don’t have a wood-burning stove or a fireplace.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Jan 18
I am so glad to hear that problem got handled alright and that you both are okay!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
10 Jan 18
It's a good thing you guys addressed the problem immediately @amadeo ; that could have turned out very badly.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
10 Jan 18
@nannette64 yes very badly indeed .My blood pressure soars.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
12 Jan 18
@amadeo I imagine. The thought of 'what if' will do that.
@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Jan 18
I know what you are going through just a few weeks ago our next door neighbor had a fire inside his shed before he was alerted to douse the flames in his shed which he did quickly.
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