fire at the house on Thanksgiving

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The drama never ends. Thanksgiving night, my daughter asked for toast.
"You just put it in," she said, "let me set the timer because I know just how I like it."
I put the toast in and sat down to read.
Several minutes later, I smelled smoke.
I got up and ran into the kitchen.
Two foot flames were shooting up from the toaster oven.
I immediately pulled the plug, then pulled the toaster oven away from the wall because the flames were shooting up onto the new cabinets I hung two weeks ago.
Then I opened the toaster oven door and blew out the flames.
It took several tries.
As it started to smoke heavily, I ran and opened the door to the garage and raised the garage door.
Then I ran back in and saw the flames were up again.
I blew out the flames again and shut the door.
Then I got some pot holders grabbed the toaster oven, and with the thing smoking up a storm ran it outside and put it in the driveway away from anything.
Weird thing was the stupid smoke alarm didn't go off.
I tested it and it was working for the test, so the battery was fine. Ridiculous.
I saw my daughter hiding under a blanket in the living room.
I said, "I think it's time for bed."
I was mad but held my cool, but when I went upstairs, I found my daughter and said, "Hey ______, next time there is a fire, run outside, don't hide under a blanket." "That's how my stupid brother got killed, he hid under a blanket and that's where they found his grease spot, six feet from the door."
I let it go at that.
That's all I need in my life, another house to burn down.
 
mrhtbd said:
The drama never ends. Thanksgiving night, my daughter asked for toast.
"You just put it in," she said, "let me set the timer because I know just how I like it."
I put the toast in and sat down to read.
Several minutes later, I smelled smoke.
I got up and ran into the kitchen.
Two foot flames were shooting up from the toaster oven.
I immediately pulled the plug, then pulled the toaster oven away from the wall because the flames were shooting up onto the new cabinets I hung two weeks ago.
Then I opened the toaster oven door and blew out the flames.
It took several tries.
As it started to smoke heavily, I ran and opened the door to the garage and raised the garage door.
Then I ran back in and saw the flames were up again.
I blew out the flames again and shut the door.
Then I got some pot holders grabbed the toaster oven, and with the thing smoking up a storm ran it outside and put it in the driveway away from anything.
Weird thing was the stupid smoke alarm didn't go off.
I tested it and it was working for the test, so the battery was fine. Ridiculous.
I saw my daughter hiding under a blanket in the living room.
I said, "I think it's time for bed."
I was mad but held my cool, but when I went upstairs, I found my daughter and said, "Hey ______, next time there is a fire, run outside, don't hide under a blanket." "That's how my stupid brother got killed, he hid under a blanket and that's where they found his grease spot, six feet from the door."
I let it go at that.
That's all I need in my life, another house to burn down.
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Wait a minute. Being quite the drama queen aren't you? You're saying a burning piece of toast inside a toaster oven was a disaster??? Flames you could 'blow' out with your breath as in toast on fire was 'shooting out' as 'disaster' level? Come on man. I burned toast all my life. Blazed the fuck out of it! You're making it sound like the Twin towers kinda shit. I'm not freaked out at all by toast gone wild. But even I have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen.
 
Believe me, there was no time to get the extinguisher. She evidently set the thing on broil instead, so it was more like charcoal than toast. It was scary.
 
Lokedogg said:
. But even I have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen.
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EVERY kitchen should have one, CO2, gets most fires, just vent the area after you've done your Red Adair bit.

Trivia point here, 85% of people killed in domestic fires are killed by smoke & fume inhallation.
 
There is always time to get an extinguisher.
Salt will put out a small fire .
But, I'll bet you will spend $25 at Wal-Mart or Sam's club and get an extinguisher now.
 
I have two extinguishers, one in the basement entrance from the kitchen, and one in the bathroom between the kitchen and the family room. Trust me, there was no time. I did the right thing.
In the 30 seconds it would have taken to get the extinguisher the flames could have ignited the cabinets just above the toaster oven.
This was a big Kitchen Aid Toaster Oven, not a small cheap one. It had amazing power. I'm glad I was in the family room, which is separated from the kitchen by a breakfast bar and no wall. If I had been upstairs I would have had serious trouble.
 
I would have chugged several beers really fast then pissed the fire out. Probably wouldn't eat the toast after pissing on them though.
 
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