Comments on: I Call 911 and Thankfully It Is Not a False Alarm http://www.mangemerde.com/i-call-911-and-thankfully-it-is-not-a-false-alarm/ ...if you'll pardon my French Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:03:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Amanda Page http://www.mangemerde.com/i-call-911-and-thankfully-it-is-not-a-false-alarm/#comment-19723 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:42:43 +0000 http://www.mangemerde.com/i-call-911-and-thankfully-it-is-not-a-false-alarm/#comment-19723 I'm with you, always better to err on the side of caution. We did that with a vacant house (for sale) next to us. Thought we heard an alarm, went over to check, and their basement was filled with smoke. The firemen that we called told us that the fire (set by vandals in a loungechair) had just started to touch the floor when they got there. If we hadn't called, the whole house would have been toast, instead of a little smoke damaged. Always better to err on the side of concern for people, I think! I’m with you, always better to err on the side of caution. We did that with a vacant house (for sale) next to us. Thought we heard an alarm, went over to check, and their basement was filled with smoke.

The firemen that we called told us that the fire (set by vandals in a loungechair) had just started to touch the floor when they got there. If we hadn’t called, the whole house would have been toast, instead of a little smoke damaged.

Always better to err on the side of concern for people, I think!

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