Well crap....fire sucks.

[Hohn]

So sorry for your family's loss. What a terrible ordeal.

Your father in law can derive perhaps some consolation from the fact that his guns would almost certainly have been a total loss even if they were in the safe. Temperatures that won't destroy the safe can still destroy the items inside. Talk to a firefighter sometime about how many guns are removed from a safe that "survived" a fire only to have the guns inside be a total loss.

From what I understand, it's so common it's the rule, not the exception.


So your father in law need not beat himself up. He did nothing wrong, and his guns almost certainly couldn't have been saved.

 

[Mark 1911]

Very sorry to hear this.

 

[Hop]

so sad. Poor pups.

 

[Alamo]

Awful. I have been to many housefires as a firefighter, and they are just devastating. And the dogs, that is terrible.

Best wishes to everyone.

 

[eldirector]

Wow. Glad they survived, and can rebuild. But... wow.

Reinforces why we have a metal ash bucket that is ALWAYS set on brick/stone/concrete, NEVER near the house, and is dumped out in the garden weeks later.

 

[charley59]

Very sad for your family's loss.

 

[Spear Dane]

Oh my. So very sorry to hear this. Your mom in law must be feeling terrible. Give her our love and well wishes.

 

[DIRTROAD]

Things can be replace, some are hard but lives can not ,prayers for your family

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Seriously? I'm just glad all the humans walked away.

It'd kill me to lose the hounds and the house, but as long as everyone walks away...

 

[patience0830]

Prayers for your in-laws ,BT. Very sorry to hear of the loss. If your FIL was wise and was paying for a rider for the guns value, he will be thankful. I'd be screwed. Still need to do the paperwork and get my excess covered.

 

[KJQ6945]

Very sad for your inlaws BT. Very glad all the people got out. My sincerest condolences.

 

[Fargo]

Really sorry to hear this, saying a prayer for you all.

 

[Thor]

You can not be too careful with fire...even old fire; I think about this every time I empty the fireplace ashes. I wish them the best in their recovery.

 

[indiucky]

I hadn't looked at this thread because I knew it would break my heart...It did...I am so anal about our fireplace at the little farm house that I dump the ashes in the creek....More than once i heard a "hiss" as I was doing it and thought "How the hell was there a coal from 24 hours ago?"

Seeing that Winchester model 42 and hearing about the dogs just put me in a funk...I'm glad everyone survived Bigtanker...God bless you and yours during the rebuilding process...Your'all in my prayers buddy...

 

[lovemywoods]

I'm so sorry that your family is going through this.

 

[Bigtanker]

So sorry for your family's loss. What a terrible ordeal.

Your father in law can derive perhaps some consolation from the fact that his guns would almost certainly have been a total loss even if they were in the safe. Temperatures that won't destroy the safe can still destroy the items inside. Talk to a firefighter sometime about how many guns are removed from a safe that "survived" a fire only to have the guns inside be a total loss.

From what I understand, it's so common it's the rule, not the exception.


So your father in law need not beat himself up. He did nothing wrong, and his guns almost certainly couldn't have been saved.

He got into the safe yesterday. Nothing survived. He figured it was in the heart of the fire for about 2 hours.

 

[doddg]

Heartbreaking!
A sobering lesson for all of us on many levels.
My son and wife bought a house this summer with a real wood fireplace and he has never had one before and I'm going to send him your post as a heads-up on "you can't be too careful."

 

[700 LTR 223]

Very sad and unfortunate , a terrible loss for your in-laws .

 

[Bigtanker]

Circled is the safe.

 

[Notalentbum]

My heart goes out to your in-laws. My wife and I experienced the same last year just a few day after Thanksgiving. Having been through it, I sort of wished our fire was as complete as your in-laws. Ours left over half of the house intact but pretty much everything ruined anyway. Just tore up my wife every time we went in to search through for anything salvageable. We were fortunate our dogs got out. That would have hurt me more than any of the material possessions.
I wish them all the best going forward! It is a long process. We may get to move back into our new home built on the old basement before the end of the year.

Matt