randomguy Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 I just got home, what a night. So yeah, earlier today, I went to a Hookah bar/lounge with some friends.. Having agood time, etc... So we decided to leave(~2am), I carpooled so on the way to pick up where I left my car (~2:30AM)... We see a house, with a buncha smoke above it.. So i call the cops... We pull into the plaza across the street, run over... And as soon as we get there, we see a little flames.... So my friends instantly kick down the doors (front/ side) and we're all yelling ANYONE INSIDE ... etc etc frantically (it was late and we saw a car in the drive, so someone COULD have been home) So as we're doing this, I was kind of pumped so I pull out my camera phone and hit the button repeatedly taking a bunch of shots, while screaming/ banging on things, making noise. In retrospect, I don't know if it was a good idea for us to kick open the doors, bc I think we just gave the fire air to breathe. But I don't really see any other way to help anyone who may have been inside? http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/299/IMG00297.jpg(((after about 5 minutes of screaming and yelling... the fire starts getting a little bigger... ---notice how semi calm the back yard is)) http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/299/IMG00298.jpg((I'm yelling at my friends to GTFO... as the fire is getting pretty bad now... .as i'm doing this a giant flame escapes from the back... i felt a LOT of heat.... so i'm like ok its not such a good idea to be here any more...)) http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/299/IMG00299.jpgWe continue to scream/bang on the walls... http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/299/IMG00300.jpg^^^The roof RIGHT in front of me explodes... and i'm like HOLY S#$* i gotta get out of here.... http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/299/IMG00301.jpgI had to snap a last pic of the door that my friend just kicked down... flames BURSTED out of that opening http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/299/IMG00302.jpgStep a little more out of harms way and snap a pic 30 seconds later of the giant inferno at the door we just kicked in. http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/299/IMG00303.jpg^^We wait in the road just watching the house burn down helplessly... The fire truck/ fire squad arrives about 5 minutes later (It's 2:39AM now) http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/299/IMG00304.jpgfire is getting even bigger and bigger... Firefighters/ police officers are telling us to go back across the street.... we do that. http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/299/IMG00305.jpg^^^as we're stepping away another giant "explosion"... the house is now completely engulfed http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/299/IMG00306.jpg^^the house is now an inferno... Flames engulfed the area I was just standing at 5 minutes ago. Cops come up to us... Ask if there was anyone else inside. We explain that we were just driving by and didn't see anyone inside (A friend ran inside for about 10 seconds after he kicked in teh side door, before the fire got super bad--- came back out coughing his lungs out super bloodshot eyes and waiting in the car)... The cop immediately said on the radio "Theres no one inside"... We were like... ehh you do know we aren't professionals there might be someone inside. So he's corrects that he's not sure.. Then they tell us to leave and we do. I sure hope no one was injured/hurt by that. It'd be a cr4ppy thing to wake up to Anyone know of a way to know if everyone was alright? / No one got hurt? I mean the house was definitely occupied..... Just don't know if the occupants were home at the time. Anyways... with that said check the batteries on your smoke detectors RIGHT NOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 wooo :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starion1991 Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 holy s***!!!!!!!! thats nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! damm this is gonna get me to put my smoke detectors in asap :shock: :shock: Good job on checking up and trying to help...thats a verry curragious thing to do to walk into a burning bulding :shock: ...dude thats a great thing!!! good karma will pay you back :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Wow yeah it was courageous but also incredibly stupid. I'm not knockin you for tryin to help BUT I've done my time in the service and I've gone through their firefighting classes and there were a few REAL big mistakes that you guys made. Biggest being kicking that door in without checking for fire on the other side. You personally saw how fast that doorway had been engulfed once you opened it. Imagine what could have happened if it was near that bad when you opened it? Making noise and trying to hear if anyone was inside would have been about the most you should have done. If your friend had fallen victim inside the house to the smoke, where would HE be now? I know I probably sound like a huge prick right now but man I'd rather not see you guys getting yourselves killed for nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 good job stoping and trying to help but you should have reclose'd the doorsin that respect you aid'd the fire greatly speeding it up by adding fresh air to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartman74 Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 wow. thats crazy!! good job. ya carma will pay you back. how intense are the fires? ive alway's wondered. while i was going through school to fight forest fires, they told me that house fires are ALOT more intense!!! =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 That's how my grandma was saved when our house was burning from the top down. She was watching her tv shows, while the rest of the family went out to get groceries. Bad wiring started a fire, spread to the attic... a family passing by saw the half the roof in flames. Banged on the door and got my grandma and our dogs out. She wouldn't have noticed the fire until it was too late. Funny thing is, on our way home the road was blocked by fire hoses and we had to take a looong detour (lived out in the country)... I was 12 at the time and started joking "Yaaay... we're not gonna get home... ha ha!" My mom laughed. When we get close enough we see the sky is all orange... we turn around the bend, realizing that it's our house... there's a huge crowd and fire trucks all around. The entire house is on fire, orange and red and a skeleton of the walls that used to be there, being hosed down by huge stream of water. My mom pulls onto the lawn and slams on the brakes and jumps out and runs towards the door screaming for our grandma... (man it's hard to write this...) Firefighter had to hold her back... My mind was just blank. I remember trying to think, trying to feel like it was really happening, but I couldn't... I just stood there, numb. When my mom ran out I heard her start to yell then it just faded out, maybe it was the roar of the flames. I don't remember what happened in the next moments but soon we were pull back across the road to where my grandma was, waiting in the family's car that saved her. That family was on thier way to evening church. We had smoke detectors, but the fire was contained in the second story/attic. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyP Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 I used to be training officer at a department, and with that said I just want to point some things out. 1. Good job trying to get in to help, but by the way you describe it, everyone inside was gone any way. Yes you should have checked the doors for heat, but that's something that doesn't run through your head. 2. While you did give the fire a big gulp of air, you may have saved a couple firefighters from a backdraft...sounds to me that the fire was about to extinguish itself from lack of oxygen, in which case the room would have entered a non burning, superheated state. If this were to happen, the windows would have turned black, began bulging along with any other structural weak spots such as doors. Anyone inside would have died from the heat alone. Then when the FD got there, they could have made things worse when they went to ventilate. Congrats on early ventilation, as in scene command it is one of the first priorities as a possible backdraft could extend the fire to neighboring properties. 3. Re-closing the doors would have made it worse for the reasons listed in number 2, so kudos there. However I'll bet the firefighters would have rather not had you interfere, this is something better left to those trained to do it. You'll be able to know in the next couple days via the news if there were any people inside, however for your sake, I'd say try to avoid finding out. If someone had been in there and died, you'd rather not carry that on your conscience for the rest of your life. Just think of yourself as doing what you believe to be right, it's not your burden to bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplee Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 bet that got your heart pumpin' doubt if anyone was inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomguy Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 yessir i hope no one DIAF'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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