Rough day

[Bill D 2,942]

So sorry to hear about this.  Glad no one was seriously hurt.  My in-laws went thru something like this in 2013 when some kids torched their house.  I'll be keeping you in my prayers.  

 

[19richie66 17,895]

Hey Kevin, keep the faith brother. I have nothing to add that hasn’t been already said. Wish I was closer and could lend a hand. 

[kpinnc 18,668]

On 6/26/2026 at 4:10 PM, WHX?? said:

I don't even wish this on guys I don't like.

 

 Thank you sir!

 

16 hours ago, oliver2-44 said:

Please share the site. 

 

I will see her tomorrow afternoon. I'll get the link, and thank you so much regardless!

 

14 hours ago, Sparky said:

Just reading this now after a late night drive home from PA…sorry Kevin.

  Everyone including the animals are OK and that’s huge! 
  The house will be rebuilt 

 

You're absolutely right Mike. We are very fortunate and this will all be a distant memory one day! 

[WHX?? 57,051]

Any idea what started the fire? 

[kpinnc 18,668]

4 hours ago, 19richie66 said:

Wish I was closer and could lend a hand. 

 

Thank you very much. Right now there isn't much to do until we know what comes next, so we'd just have to stand around and talk tractors! 

[kpinnc 18,668]

1 minute ago, WHX?? said:

Any idea what started the fire? 

 

Yeah but I disagreed with the Fire Inspectors theory. The insurance company's report is all that matters, and they think as I do at this point. I told the fire marshals they had been in too much smoke over the years based on what they came up with. But I know they have no choice but to work from "process of elimination", and they have to make a report. I'm not knocking anyone in the fire department. Those guys were incredible. That being said, I know what burning electric smells like, which was the first thing I noticed. I walked 20 feet inside looking for the source of the smell, and within seconds the smoke alarms all went off together. 5 minutes later the fire department was spraying the flames. 

 

That was the most frightening 5 minutes I've ever known. I was a military pilot and have been afraid before, but this was so fast and overwhelming that I'll probably be the guy holding the 20lb fire extinguisher at my son's 12th birthday cake! 

 

Again the firefighters were incredible. 4 of them came back today to help me tarp off the section of roof that wasn't burned, but where they had to cut a vent during the fire over my garage (which is the only place that still has a ceiling). They didn't have to, but helped when I asked if it was safe to even support the weight of a person standing up there. My garage is all that is undamaged, and where I've been moving anything that could be salvaged as well as where my Wheel Horses are kept. Until the adjuster comes on Monday, I don't know what I have to do so far as storage, so the garage is the short term safe spot.  

 

 

 

 

[Brockport Bill 2,389]

OMG -- this is horrible - - I am hopefull all works out well over coming days - Bill

[Tonytoro416 1,371]

Grandparents home burnt and the lost everything.  I’ll never forget the weight this type of tragedy can bear.  Best of luck to you and yours