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kanga Wrote:

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> Did you offer to see if you could help in any way?

> No, you just had a nosey and came on here trawling

> for gossip the next day. P*ss off!



oh dear, someone not getting any?


as another poster quite rightly pointed out, there were 4 fire engines there and surprisingly, plenty of fireman... I doubt an overweight 30 year old would have offered much help... I just stood with the other dozen people on the street having a nose.


glad to see your past posts trawled to make you look stupid!!

Hold up a second, the first question should be was that your house Kanga? If that was your house then I guess you have a right to be a bit tetchy about the subject and you would definatley have got out of the wtrong side of bed if there had been four fire engines filling your pad with water, or perhaps a member of your families. If not then cheer up matey your lucky it wasnt you. I'd like to offer my sympathies to the person whose house it was, having your house burn down with everything you own in is one of the worst things that could happen to someone, it happened to my brother some years ago and he, his wife a three kids were very lucky to make it out alive, sadly they lost everything and were not addequately insured because of some wierd techincallity, of course there will be gossip on the forum about this stuff and some of it will be dark humour, because as humans that's how some people react to stuff like that. And having a laugh about tough situations is some times a good way to deal with it.I think people should give Kanga a break perhaps he/she has a good reason for feeling tetchy about this.


Having said all that, after the thread about no post going to godrich road bouncing about the forum the last week that comment made me laugh, and was quite current topical witty and sharp.


hugs as ever

Just for those who actually do care here are some details about the fire. There were in total 5 fire engines and one fire/van. It was an upstairs flat. The fire was started by an electrical fault in the roof space above the kitchen in the back of the house. The owners did get out safely. When I spoke to them on the night to offer my help they were hopeful that it was just the kitchen that had been damaged. I for one am going to get at least one more smoke alarm, double glazing hammers and maybe another fire extinguisher and look at my family's escape routes again.

suzza22 Wrote:

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> Just for those who actually do care here are some

> details about the fire. There were in total 5 fire

> engines and one fire/van. It was an upstairs flat.

> The fire was started by an electrical fault in the

> roof space above the kitchen in the back of the

> house. The owners did get out safely. When I spoke

> to them on the night to offer my help they were

> hopeful that it was just the kitchen that had been

> damaged. I for one am going to get at least one

> more smoke alarm, double glazing hammers and maybe

> another fire extinguisher and look at my family's

> escape routes again.


Don't forget a smoke hood.

Hi folks - It was the flat above me that caught fire. Everyone is OK - just some water and smoke damage. Not sure why 4 fire engines turned up! but better to be safe than sorry.


Would advise everyone to get smoke alarms etc fitted - although we were downstairs at the time and didnt smell any smoke and only realised when our neighbours hammered on our door. Would not like to think what would have happened if they had not been in....could have been very bad.


Now we have some lovely insurance crap to deal with...although am now slightly worried about the earlier post about inadequate insurance.... they joys...


I'll pass on everyones kind words to our neighbours.


Thanks

I'm glad to hear no-one was hurt.

Our building has three flats with linked smoke alarms, so if one is triggered they all go off. Annoying when the neighbours burn the toast on a Sunday morning, but well worth it if they were ever needed and I'd recommend them for flats.

There's no legal requirement in private, domestic self-contained flats to have smoke alarms (of any kind!) although this fire just goes to show how important it is to have them anyway. The linked ones are great to alert everyone instantly, although if you just have the cheaper battery-only ones, they are far better than having nothing at all. If anyone needs advice or help on fitting them, I'm happy to help out (I'm a fire officer) - alternatively go to the LFB website - http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/SmokeAlarms.asp - where you can also arrange for a free home fire safety visit by the local firefighters and they will fit smoke alarms for you.

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