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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
DansTesYeux 9
I'm sorry... at least you didn't get hurt ...
faireanjell 5
Well , it was safer...
little_one1 14
I really hope and pray your family and friends were safe as well. I am so sorry to hear about your situation, OP. Keep your head up, you can always replace your belongings but you can never replace family and friends.
thisawkwardchick 15
Oh my god that's awful
dontbeadouchebag 2
Glad you are okay.
Omniprism 15
I'm so sorry. Keep your head up and at least you weren't at your house. Remember things can only go up from here.
siggy_mcsigx 22
Good luck, it may be tough for a while without a house and losing all your possessions, just hang on to your family (hope they're safe as well), y'all can make it.
Astroraith 4
How the hell was there a forest fire in your town in the middle of a record-cold Arctic Weather Blast?...
OxenFree 10
The temperature itself plays no part in containing a fire. If it is dry and/or windy then you have perfect condition for fires to spread.
M3talGuitarist 9
I would really like to know how over a thousand people thought YDI.
howdoilogin 9
OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH BUUUUUUURRRRRRRRNNNN sorryforyourloss.