Feu De Maison (House Fire). Driving around the countryside and I discover a large fieldstone house. From the outside you could still smell the smoke. A look inside, and there is nothing but devastation. I wonder what started it, but with a keen observation I knew it began in the kitchen. I don’t understand how the fire spread, because it looked as though a finger of flame brushed across almost everything, while some places were not completely burnt like the rest. Miscellaneous items that you thought would have been destroyed were not, while others lay blackened.
I couldn’t imagine what it would have been like, living there, hopefully peacefully, and then possibly without warning everything you own becomes fuel for the inferno. I felt at the same time saddened, and amazed. I don’t know what happened, and probably don’t want to know. My hope is that everyone came out safe, my fear, is that it is a mystery.
So do yourself a favour: check your smoke alarms, check your carbon monoxide detectors, have or get a fire extinguisher, for all fire types, and keep it easily accessible.
I can still smell it…
I couldn’t imagine what it would have been like, living there, hopefully peacefully, and then possibly without warning everything you own becomes fuel for the inferno. I felt at the same time saddened, and amazed. I don’t know what happened, and probably don’t want to know. My hope is that everyone came out safe, my fear, is that it is a mystery.
So do yourself a favour: check your smoke alarms, check your carbon monoxide detectors, have or get a fire extinguisher, for all fire types, and keep it easily accessible.
I can still smell it…
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