Everybody check your smoke alarms!!!

[LittleGuy]

Today I had a pair of coveralls that were left too close to a fireplace(which I stupidly assumed was turned off) catch fire. Thankfully the smoke alarms came on quick enough that I was able to get into the room grab the half that wasn't on fire and throw them out the door into the snow. Another minute or so and a fire that caused a few bucks of damage and made the house smelly could have burnt the whole house down and killed my pets.

I honestly have never had anything that scary happen to me ever before the overalls are completely destroyed, and carrying out a flaming article of clothing trying not to catch yourself on fire isn'tsomething I would recommend. Please forum members check the batteries on your alarms, and the rest of your fire safety stuff.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That's pretty crazy!
Glad to hear everything's ok though!

 

[LittleGuy]

It was a stupid place for me to put them, just one of those brain fart moments, but it was literally just a couple of minutes away from getting totally out of hand. We have a volunteer fire department here so I'm not too sure how good their response time is, could have been at least thousands of dollars of damage if not much much worse.

 

[Feicarsinn]

TL;DR version: Little Guy threw his clothes in the fire, then put them on, ran about the house and then jumped in the snow.

 

[Draggs]

That's one less pair of overalls, good job LG!
Farming in a tuxedo is the way go.