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Hi
An eventful day.
In the early hours alarms went off, loud banging and crashing from upstairs.
Did a 999 call to the police,I have an intruder upstairs…
Explained that I was in a hospital bed downstairs and she could hear the loud noises.
Gave her the keysafe code and the first cop was here in 15 minutes.
The noise was not an intruder, there was a serious fire upstairs and the noise was the plaster falling off the ceiling and walls.
He rang the fire brigade,I live very close to the fire station and they arrived very quickly, got another fire engine there and a manager.
The fire had started in heated drying horse in the front bedroom, set the clothes on fire and the room was well away.
Ambulance and paramedics arrived, decided to keep me in e bed on oxygen until the fumes had been vented from the hallway.
The houses either side where evacuated and i was stretchered out as soon as it was safe to do so.
I refused hospital, huge waits there and then corridor care.
In a police car to find a Hotel, the only temp accommodation available was the street peoples hostel.
I am now in a Holiday Inn Express until Monday, they have been amazingly good, a 60% discount on the room and a 25% discount on food and drink, breakfast is included in the room price.
Marine fish and corals are safe, a couple of extension leads to a nice neighbours hose.
Kinga has bought me some clothes and toiletries,those in the house are either burnt or smoke damaged.
Got a tablet to link to internet and the search will now begin to find the house insurance, the folder with all the house paperwork is just a pile of ash.
Good Job I have a sense of humour.''Kinga spent 4 hours sorting things out for me, Shawna is taking builder husband to look at the damage and hopefully sort some of the electrics and Shiv is here in my hotel room making me a coffee.
I am absolutely shattered at the moment.
For those of you who have the electric heated drying racks be very careful and keep checking them, They are supposed to have a thermostatic cut out to prevent fires.
Obviously the one on mine was faulty.
