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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 WTF - 07/03/2011 09:19

Today, I was awoken by my neighbor pounding on my back door at 3 am, only to look outside and see my car engulfed in flames. 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 agstone - 09/08/2017 23:15

Today, at 2:47 am, my mom woke me up in a panic screaming about smelling gas and the house blowing up. Twenty minutes, two fire trucks, and a traumatized dog later, it was just the neighbors burning their mail. FML

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Emergency!

By Rebecca - 28/05/2021 20:01

Today, looking out of my window, I spotted a fire raging in the building across from my apartment. Grabbing my phone, I dashed out to the balcony, only to slam into the screen door instead. After calling 911, I sprinted back out, only to clock the door a second time. FML

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Making a scene

By Anonymous - 16/04/2023 18:00

Today, a guy I been seeing went to work and left me in his house. As I made a bagel, it burned, the smoke alarm went off. This activated a call to the fire department but I didn’t know. The fire truck showed up. Little did I know, the guy’s family was outside too, just to see what had happened, thinking I'd broken in. FML

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Too late

By Anonymous - 08/06/2009 13:25 - United States

Today, I was at my friend's house. It was dark and downpouring so I couldn't see as I was backing out of his driveway. I made it out, but then my phone went off, scaring me, and I accidentally hit the gas pedal, hitting his neighbor's parked car. Turns out he called to warn me to watch out for it. FML

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By lollerskate - 16/01/2010 15:37 - United States

Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML

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By Jolabanane - 21/05/2015 11:51 - France

Today, my neighbor was having work done in his apartment, and he'd warned me that there might be some noise. Yes, there was, what with all the town's firemen in the building after he'd ruptured the main gas pipe. FML

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By Jerf - 24/06/2009 00:56 - Canada

Today, my girlfriend and I were getting it on, and listening to loud music when she suddenly looked worried and asked if I heard something. I said no and continued. Moments later, three firemen opened the bedroom door and told us to get dressed and go outside because the building was on fire. FML

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I've not been arrested, I swear!

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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mike3775 35

Monday 8 August 2011 19:02

Why would you rush home when the firefighters are already there and there is nothing you can do? As far as running the red light goes, you deserved the ticket for being stupid.

Bobby64 29

Monday 8 August 2011 19:03

Well, if you hear your house might be on fire, what would your first reaction be? Calmly drive home and see what happened? She might've overreacted some, but I can understand why. FYL, OP.

Comments

HollyDolly660 8

Tuesday 9 August 2011 0:32

Omg. Are you all seriously telling me right now that if your house was on fire and you were concerned about loved ones in the fire you would calmly be like, "Well I have nothing to gain by rushing"? Yeah right. You would all speed home and you know it.

freckleface221 19

Tuesday 9 August 2011 1:43

Are you people seriously saying that if someone said the firefighters were putting out a fire at your house that you would mosy on home like usual? Don't kid yourselves. You guys would have done exactly what OP did because you would panic. Don't deny it.

Anaxes 5

Wednesday 7 September 2011 10:11

Lord Anaxes cannot help but approve of this human driven by logic. When the world is black and charred from my conquest, your end will be quick and painless.

nodressonlyjeans 3

Tuesday 9 August 2011 2:10

why would the fire engine park right outside YOUR house?

VeganVampyre 26

Tuesday 9 August 2011 4:21

Because that's probably where the fire hydrant is.

abethehonest 4

Tuesday 9 August 2011 2:11

goosfraba

draisge 1

Tuesday 9 August 2011 2:39

There's no excuse for driving like that. You could just have easily have smashed your headlight on a little kid. Obviously you were not in control of the vehicle if you were fishtailing into inanimate objects. Where's your head? Are you a volunteer fire captain and were speeding home so you could take lead on the scene and direct the firemen in saving your house?

CreamyGoodness_1 7

Tuesday 9 August 2011 2:46

Damn what a b****

hopelessxdesign 5

Tuesday 9 August 2011 3:52

Interesting how you're from London and this is posted with the London riots going on...as if there aren't enough fires there right now

True_Poet 1

Tuesday 9 August 2011 3:52

I would have cuss her stupid as out!

thewife5 19

Tuesday 9 August 2011 4:16

I've made it to the hospital for 3 different deaths and didn't drive that dumb.. YDI for being irrational.

VeganVampyre 26

Tuesday 9 August 2011 4:29

OP deserves it for overreacting and rushing for no reason. And to those who are saying "you'd do the same thing"- I wouldn't, and I don't think anyone else with half a brain would either. There could be lots of reasons for a firetruck being there, none of which warrant her recklessly rushing home. Now, if the neighbor had said OP's house WAS on fire, and a family member was dying from burns/smoke, that might be a different story. As it is, OP jumped to conclusions over nothing.