My kitchen got on fire on Friday!!

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share what happened at my home this weekend. I had one of the

most stressing moments when I thought my house was going to burn down.

I was cooking a snack to my kids around lunch time, it was french fries, some

how the oil caught fire, I'm not sure how, it could be that the pot wasn't super

clean from the bottom, or maybe just some burnt oil on the element, I don't

know, but it was on fire, it burnt some paper towels that I had beside the

stove, and I panicked trying to remember if I should use salt or/and trying to

recall where the fire extinguisher was, I went ahead for the extinguisher and

wasn't able to operate it, somehow the flames where getting so big and I was in

total panic mode, so the smoke was getting very dense and the flames melted the

fan and were reaching the ceiling, I started screaming and my husband who never

is at home at this time, was in the garage and came very fast. By now the smoke

alarm went off and the kids were very afraid and starting to inhale smoke, it

became very dense.

My husband came to the kitchen and took the extinguisher and just used it right

away, he put out the fire just when I was taking the kids out and trying to

localize my cordless phones with are never in their place, so I could call 911,

but my husband had everything under control.

So at the end, there was fire damage to the kitchen cabinets, stove, fan and

sink, and lots of smoke damage throughout the house.

We took the kids to ER to get checked, they were fine, we were not so well but

not bad to get any kind of treatment. I'm not sure what to give my son to help

him clear his lungs faster just make sure, because we are still living in the

house and the air is a bit heavy (I think).

I'd been taking the kids for long walks, even though the weather hasn't help

much, but at least they are exercising and breathing clean air, the cleaning is

still being done, I changed the furnace filter many times already.

The insurance will cover the economical expenses, but I'm not sure if they'll

reimburse me for the supplements that they tossed for being expose to the fire,

and I just gotten my new shipment of supplements, not much but with the ones in

the cupboard it is considerable.

Any suggestions on things to do that I'm not considering right now, are welcome,

like always.

Be well,

Sasha