We had a fire in our office this morning. Yes, our home office, as in right here in our house. It freaks me out to no extent...It was not major and nobody was hurt...The only casualty was the table cover that was on the table where it started...and the paint on the wall...and my nerves.
P. had just left for work and I was in the kitchen cleaning the coffee maker...Just normal routine stuff...When Priscilla Pug started sort of barking/howling. The pugs are in the office...that is their room, so imagine my panic when I walk in and see flames and smoke with my precious babies right in there with it! I panicked and threw water on the fire...NOT smart, my friends. It only shot up higher. It started from a Slatkin Candle from Bath and Body Works and flames started shooting up from the candle as the candle had sort of imploded and caught on fire if that makes sense...Imagine the glass cracking and the candle sort of bursting/melting/flaming there on the end table.
Needless to say I remembered our fire extinguisher and utilized it...It is MESSY! However, it did the job and our room/house was salvaged! So blessed it wasn't worse or that I wasn't in the shower, or whatever...I can't count the times I have lit a candle and just walked off...never again.
Lesson of the Day - Keep a fire extinguisher handy in the house!
XOXO-TB
omg! So glad that you and the animals are OK! I'm definitely going to be much smarter with my candles from here on out.
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