We had a fire.......!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Yesterday evening, my hubby put on the fireplace, so it was nice and cosy in the house. We went to the kitchen to have dinner. Somebody said "there is a weird smell here". But we thought it were Jo's feet once again. Then Jo returned to the living room, and yelled: "the cat tree is on fire!!"
OMG, it was TRUE!! The tree is always standing in front of the closed fireplace, so we have no idea why it caught fire all of a sudden . Bernard and Jo opened the door to the patio, and took the whole thing outside. Part is ruined, but we were very lucky after all! What if one of the cats would have been napping on the tree??? What if this would have happened while we were out of the room?? I am still all shaky....

Here are some pics of the damage:




Luckily, the rest of the tree isn't damaged, thanks to Jo!! But there is still that awfell smell in the house.... ughhh

[mei]

timely detect, just as well

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

OMG!!

I am so glad you guys and none of the kitties were hurt!! That is so scary. I wonder why the cat tree caught on fire...

How scary!!!

[joycenalex]

holy cow!!! glad you, your family and the rest of the house is all right. wowsa!!!

[QueenScoopalot]

How frightening! The material used on the cat tree is probably flammable if it caught fire so easily. It looks like maybe a polyester mix? It appears melted in the pictures. Thank God no one was hurt by the fire.

[catnapper]

OMG!!!! Glad everyone is ok. That's very scary.

Getting technical here: a lot of the synthetic fibres used to make carpet catch fire easily. In the 90's there was a new "wonder carpet" that they had to take off the market because vaccuum cleaners were melting the carpet, in a few cases setting the floor on fire! (please don't ask me HOW vaccuum cleaners were melting the yarns... I don't remember, all I do know is that my interior design teacher told us to stay far away from carpets made from that nylon fibre) Sounds like the manufacturer of the cat tree got hold of this carpet to make these cat trees.

[Karen]

I am glad everyone is okay, and hope the smell goes away soon. Is your weather mild enough to leav the woindows open today?

[pitc9]

OMG!!! Glad to hear no one got hurt!!!

[ramanth]

Goodness!! Glad you all caught it in time and no one was hurt. *hugs*

[kimlovescats]

THANK GOD you all were home and smelled it before it caught your couch, or something else on fire ... could have been very bad. I'd be shaking too ... poor thing! (((BIG HUGS))) and guess none of us will place our kitty trees anywhere near our fireplaces any more, huh?

Kim

[sirrahbed]

(((hugs)))) Omegosh - reading your account scared me too! How thankful I am that you were at home and that Jo smelled the smoke quickly. Fires scare me so much anyway!!! Those pictures of little kitties left on the fabric are sickening.
Could you contact the manufacturer to warn them???
I am glad ya'll are SAFE!

[jazzcat]

I'm glad everyone is okay. How scary!

[RICHARD]

Look at the second picture and you can see two cat figures burnt into the inside of the house

On the right is a tux sitting and the other figure is the two white legs and the black tail of the other cat...

[lynnestankard]

So glad you're all OK Lut. What a shock. {{Hugs}}}

Have you got a smoke alarm fitted? If not, please get one.

Lynne

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Originally posted by lynnestankard
Have you got a smoke alarm fitted? If not, please get one.

Lynne

We have it in EVERY room, Lynn! It is proven now that there is NO time to waste when an alarm finally does go of... !
There was not much "smoke", just lots of flames