Have you seen an actual house on fire?

Yes I have seen an actual house on fire twice and it was really scary. You can feel that your surroundings turn hot, and people are panicking.

I live in a very old part of town, all of the houses are over or near 100 yrs old. My house is 130 yrs old and was the very first house built in this part of town. I have seen several houses in the neighborhood burn. One was right across the street from where I live now, and it was the house that I lived in until I was 11 yrs old. Although I hadn't lived in that house in 30 yrs it was very difficult to watch.. sort of like watching some happy childhood memories go up in a ball of flame and smoke. I remember calling my mother to tell her our old house was burning down, she could hear the windows exploding over the phone and got very upset. A few years before that happened another house down the street burned down. I didn't watch the whole thing because I had to go to work but when I got back that night it was pretty much gutted. Just this past summer the house catty-corner across the alley from my house burned. The upstairs is completely gutted but the downstairs is pretty much intact. I didn't see that one burn either, it started right after we left to go to work and I didn't know anything about it until my cousin called me and told me he saw fire trucks down here when he drove by. It's very scary. The houses in this neighborhood are so close together that when one burns the houses on both sides get damaged. Fortunately we are right on a main street and the firestation is only a few blocks away so they always get here quickly. Unfortunately all the houses are so old they burn like a box of matches. Fire safety is something I firmly believe in and you're right ... must not be taken for granted.

back in 2000 when i was about to take my licensure exam for pharmacists the next two days, the squatter area at the back of my dormitory was on fire. we were all in alert. it was so scary... and really not a nice scene to watch.sad that many people that night lost their homes. at home, we always try to be safe. before going to bed, we turn off our gas range tank and make sure that the all electricity wirings are okey. better to be safe.

I saw my Father's house burn to the ground after being struck by lightning. It was a large century home and it went up like a grass fire, quick, hot and fast. I was at home about 5 miles away when a neighbor called to ask where my Dad was. He had gone to a birthday party for one of his friends and they were worried he was inside the house. I rushed right over and saw the whole thing with the fire department trying in vain to put it out. I have fire alarms throughout my own house, and I have carbon monoxide detectors (should there be smoke/smouldering and no fire.) Fire safety is one of the most important things you can do for your family and for your house. We always see houses on fire in the news, but unless you've actually seen one firsthand, you cannot believe the destructive power in a fire.

When I was a little girl we lived on a farm with no neighbors or telephones. My mother had just given birthto twine boys. they were about 3 months old. mom cooked with Kerosene at the time. some how she caught the house on fire. My dad was plowing in a field near by and came running to the house. He ran inside to save the twine which my mom had already gotten out. I don't remember mush more except that we were all ok.

Our neigbor's burn and our house is gutted in fire, we want to save but the smoke come so quick and you can't see nothing.as I went out I grab the big rice cooker that's all I save. luckily my kid's are grown up and we all escape the burning house.after the fire we come back to look at the remains our treasured photographs are all half burned.souvenirs that you can't bring back.