Fire!
On Friday, my mom called to tell me the neighbor's house was on fire. It seems the neighbor was out working in the yard when he noticed smoke coming from the eaves. He quickly called his sister, who lives down the driveway, and she and her customer came running with fire extinguishers. Too late. The DNR and the fire department showed up to keep the trees wetted down and keep the fire away from the propane tank. The house went up so fast that even had they been living next door to the fire department, they most likely wouldn't have been able to stop it. The house had no smoke alarms so everyone can be thankful that it went up when it did.My dad ran over to take some pictures (Yes, I thought this was a little odd, but apparently the newspaper needs something). Anyway, the photos arrived in my inbox with a little more information.
While the house burns...
The firemen watch it.
Tim (the owner) and his dad (the former owner) watch it go.
The good news is that amazingly it turns out Tim was insured. I'm sure the premium was quite large, but it seems he took out a loan to pay for it instead of buying on contract. The bank quite rightly insisted on Tim having insurance. While he's really upset about losing everything, at least he won't be totally screwed in the money department - something one usually isn't able to say about Tim.
posted by E @8:24 AM