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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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)
JMichael 26
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
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
was this the colby fire ?
jordanhraye 18
The colby fire in Azusa, Cali? Ashes were falling on my car all morning. :/ sorry about your loss..
Mauskau 36
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
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 31
You must really hate school! If you'd prefer to be in a house on fire, ...
skyeyez9 25
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.
sickerthanyou 13
Well, at least your house was on TV.
CloverMilk 3
CA seriously needs to rain more, I didn't believe it was caused by the heat.
misspurfikt 6
It wasn't the heat. It was 3 men in their early 20s camping. They had an illegal fire. They were arrested and held on $500,000 bail each.
rockhead1270 5
Is Pyromania an elective at the school?
5destroyer35 20
Apparently so. OP, A+.