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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, right before the most important final of my education, I got a text from my mom saying my house had burned to the ground, and my children were outside waiting for the firemen. I panicked, left school, and sped home… all for her to laugh and tell me it was “just a joke.” FML
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
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
Today, I had to call 911. Why? My fireplace caught on fire. FML
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
Today, my neighbour 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
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
Today, my apartment burned to the ground. I was packed and ready to move out tomorrow. FML
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
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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Top comments
EverestMelting 23
Hey just be lucky you were at school rather than still in your house.. That burns OP.
FutureMatty 24
Well, Look on the bright side.. If you were in the house you would have burned down with it..
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Comments (196)
Km1490 20
Im sorry.OP
beaverteaser 16
the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
Pat77235 8
I thought you American folks were in a polar vortex...? Try 5 days over 115° in a row and see how many fires you end up with
braidedsilver 8
southern California is not. and that's our standard summer weather. we do get a lot of fires. but this is January. it's not the usual fire season, but it has still been hot and windy.
Kukurugya 11
The roof! The roof! The roof is on fire! We don't need no water, let that ************ burn! Burn ************, burn!
Shalin101 6
lucky you!!!! sorry for what happened to your house!
cmbar831 14
At least you weren't IN the house
retrofuture 4
California wild fires are some shitty shit.
amulya 14
I am so sorry OP. I hope you are able to recover your important belongings. :(
band_geek 18
Well, to say the least, going to school being safer than being at home couldn't be any more true. At least you weren't at home with the 50-50 chance of dying in the flames. Sorry for your place burning down, though.
misteygirl 26
I'm so sorry OP. That must have been terrible! Where was your family? I hope none of them for harmed...