Yesterday afternoon, my parents had a fire at their house. Dad was sitting in his chair when the floor lamp beside him popped and he looked up and flames were shooting up and got the curtains. I was on the phone with mom at the time. He yelled for her, unplugged the lamp and took it outside, she screamed told me there was a fire and she had to go and hung up. You can imaging how I felt - I called my brother and they went over there immediately - they live about 1/2 mile away. The alarm company called the fire department and by the time they arrived, mom and dad had the fire out. (yeah mom and dad!). They had magnatite windows on the inside of the window to keep the cold out and that caught fire and put out a lot of toxic smoke, so there is a lot of smoke damage. They can't stay there until it's all cleaned. They'll find out tomorrow how long that will be.
