HUGE FIRE at Queen of Poop's Condo

[Catty1]

No one hurt. A number of pets were saved by police and firefighters. QOP said her side was unaffected, but her cats are inside. No power or water. She texted me and said she will know in an hour if she can go home.

She wants to be back inside with Cali and Diego...and needs a lot of Kleenex. I asked where she was, and she said it was too far for me to drive.

She is contacting one friend, and I told her to contact me if the friend wouldn't show, and I would come down there.

She hasn't eaten; with her digestive condition, the food there would make her horrendously ill. She is terrified...wants her kitties, needs tons of Kleenex.

http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alber...-13278506.html

[Alysser]

I am so sorry to hear this. I will definitely kepe her in my thoughts.

[cassiesmom]

Oh, my goodness. This she definitely doesn't need. I hope she can get in, get Cali and Diego out, and find somewhere safe to stay. Big, big prayers for Q of P!


And a candle
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...g&cid=10420331

[chocolatepuppy]

How awful. Prayers headed out to Gayle. Hopefully she'll be back with her kittys soon.

[Taz_Zoee]

OMG NO!! I am in tears. All I can do is send moral support from over here in California.
I am glad her and the kitties are okay and I hope they will be reunited soon.

[Catty1]

She said her side is not affected...but no one was allowed to bring their pets with them. She wants to go home, be with her kitties, and have the power and water working.

Pinot's Mom and her hubby were up here visiting recently and we all got together. I PM'd her and she is going to call Gayle.

Many pets were rescued. Prayers that all are fine.

[wombat2u2004]

Geez, I'm glad the fire never made it to QOP's.
Do they know yet how it started ???

[Pinot's Mom]

I got voice mail from QoP's phone - I'll post if I hear anything...

[Catty1]

The fire started on the roof. No reason known yet. The weather has been cool and quite windy, but no storms or anything.

The building codes in Calgary are interesting.

Because of the demand for development and money, the former 3-storey limit on wood frame buildings was raised to 5.



Which this is.

We had a similar horrid fire in Erlton several years ago - the place was still under construction.

You'd think the City would learn....

[Karen]

Tell Gayle we are thinking of her! She'll be in our prayers.

[Catty1]

Copied from General:

She was just in touch...hopefully will be in in about 20 minutes, and tend to kitties, and then post on here. She is ok, but will be having a huge cry when she gets in. Can just imagine holding it together since 2 pm or so...she was so glad to hear about all the thoughts and wishes for her on PT.

[caseysmom]

So scary I am so happy her and the furkids are okay.

[Catty1]

11:04 pm MST - Gayle says they are going home, but it will take some time as they are escorting each unit's occupants individually.

She said she would check in here once she is settled...I am falling asleep at the keyboard here and have to go.

I think she will be so glad to see PT was thinking of her.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm glad that her unit wasn't affected and that her kitties are safe. Gayle, I'm keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Please take care. (((HUGS)))

[Queen of Poop]

I'M HOME!!!!!

Cali and Diego don't seem to have any issues. They've eaten and are now washing up. I on the other hand am a wreck. Now that I'm home I can't stop crying. I thank whoever upstairs was watching and saved my building and my kitties. Many others aren't so fortunate.

My mom phoned me at 1 pm and told me of the fire. I got sent home in a cab by my company. I ended up on a bus and taken to a local church. I think everyone there knew I wanted back to get the kitties!! I was very vocal about wanting them protected and saved.

I met an Australian woman there. She'd moved into suite 408 of building 23 a month ago, she had no insurance, procrastinated too long. She has lost everything. The 4th floor of building 23 does not exist, neither does the 3rd. The building is not going to be reoccupied, it will have to be torn down. People may not even get to see if they have any belongings left.

All this might have been started by a propane bbq left turned on. It was on the west side of the building. With today's winds the flame was blown into the roof, the bbq was on the 4th floor, and so the fire began. This was speculation by police and people at the church.

I can't get to the parking garage tonight to check on my truck, I hope it's ok. Might have gotten wet.