Miscellaneous: Today, there was a forest fire in my town. I was still forced...

By Fire sucks. - 17/01/2014 03:42 - United States

Today, there was a forest fire in my town. I was still forced to go to school, as it was safer. A lot of people decided not to go, and we ended up doing nothing but watching the news reports. There, I got to see my house burning on live TV. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/04/2021 18:30 - United States

Today, my house caught fire right before I was supposed to present a school project. My teacher told me to, "just suck it up and do it anyway." FML

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By Anonymous - 06/03/2020 18:00

Today, my house caught on fire. After it was put out, I realized the damage wasn't bad, mainly smoke damage. I went to my parents' for the night because my house smelled. While there, I received a phone call from my neighbor. Apparently, my house caught fire again. It's now a pile of ashes. FML

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By fire - 15/12/2009 00:00 - United States

Today, I had to call 911. Why? My fireplace caught on fire. FML

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By wahhh - 08/08/2011 11:07 - United Kingdom

Today, my neighbor from across the road phoned me at work telling me there was a fire engine outside my house and a lot of smoke. I drove home in a panic, smashing a rear light on a post and getting flashed by a speed camera. It wasn't my house. The firemen were putting out a bonfire next door. FML

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By I followed her orders! - 04/12/2023 07:00 - United States

Today, my boss told me to not burn the place down while she was outside. When she came back inside, I accidentally started a fire. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/10/2021 08:01

Today, police knocked on my door in middle of the night. They said there was a fire in one of the houses in our street, so they were evacuating houses. They wouldn’t let me go back and get dressed. As I was only in my underwear, they told me I could wait in their car. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/06/2011 06:37 - United States

Today, my apartment burned to the ground. I was packed and ready to move out tomorrow. FML

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By almost_a_pro - 23/04/2015 13:43 - Brazil - Rio De Janeiro

Today, I was home alone and tried to make some popcorn so I could watch a movie. Thirty minutes later, my parents came home and found me talking to the firemen. FML

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By watchmaker - 16/12/2009 09:37 - United Kingdom

Today, since I had no lessons until 1 p.m., I headed out to the store to run errands. Our school has a strict policy against leaving the campus during school hours. I returned to a fire drill taking place. The fire assembly point? The student parking lot. All 900 students watched me drive in. FML

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By Idontlikefireworks2 - 07/07/2018 19:00

Today, some idiots set off fireworks close to my house. I was a bit worried, but my uncle assured me it would be fine and left to run an errand. Just minutes later, I looked up to find the tree right next to my wooden balcony engulfed in flames. FML

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EverestMelting 23

Friday 17 January 2014 12:37

Hey just be lucky you were at school rather than still in your house.. That burns OP.

FutureMatty 24

Friday 17 January 2014 12:37

Well, Look on the bright side.. If you were in the house you would have burned down with it..

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JMichael 25

Friday 17 January 2014 16:05

Glad you were safe OP and I hope the rest of your family is as well. A house is replaceable but you and your family aren't.

eliniel1 2

Friday 17 January 2014 16:07

Hey, be thankful you weren't there. Seriously. I'm a recent survivor of my own apartment fire. They pulled me out of my place from a second story window and I had to have skin graft surgery on 15% of my body. Believe me, it's not something you would have wanted to go through(had you been there and even survived).

bernalstephani 4

Thursday 9 July 2015 8:51

was this the colby fire ?

jordanhraye 18

Friday 17 January 2014 16:08

The colby fire in Azusa, Cali? Ashes were falling on my car all morning. :/ sorry about your loss..

Mauskau 35

Friday 17 January 2014 16:16

I hope your family weren't in the house, and I hope no one got hurt. Be glad you were at school and not at home. Your life is worth more than a house. :)

B1ackthesun 31

Friday 17 January 2014 16:21

I feel for you OP, I'm wide awake at 2am here in South Australia because of bush fires closing in on my house. I have my bags packed with all the important things I can think of and they say unless we get a big weather change we will probably need to evacuate by 3 am. Can smell the smoke getting stronger by the second :( two houses close to me have already been lost... all we can do is wait :(

perdix 29

Friday 17 January 2014 16:32

You must really hate school! If you'd prefer to be in a house on fire, ...

skyeyez9 24

Friday 17 January 2014 16:35

Where is the rest of your family? Did they all (including pets) get out? We dealt with a nasty fire in CO last summer. Smoke was so bad that the entire city was dark. Hundreds of homes burned and the fire came roaring down the mountain like a giant inferno. It was scary.