Our house got on fire?

Saturday morning, we receive a call from one of our friend telling us that our house is on fire! My husband can't believe what he hears, but our friend said, that he is in front of our house and the fire fighters are trying to put the fire out. So we got very worried so we head out home right away after we hear it. Thank God is not a big fire, we are still fortunate that only the side of our house is damage and our dog is safe. 

The cause of fire is: Our dogs knock over their heat lamps and the straw caught on fire, their kennel was burned and since our gas meter is just in the side of their kennel, it caught on fire too and it cause explosion. When our neighbors hear the explosion, they respond right away and called the fire station. The fire station is 3 blocks away from our house so they came so quick before the fire gets big. 

My husband called the insurance right away and yes, we didn't have heater and we can't cook that time. The house still smell smoke but its not as bad in our bedroom because we have a door to separate our kitchen and utility room. We're thankful for our brothers and sisters and friends that help us, they offer accommodations and 4 oil heaters to keep us warm for couple nights. The kids was sad and upset especially my son, he cried when he hears that our house is on fire. But we told them that nothing to worry about because daddy will taking care of it, our insurance will taking care of it too. So they stay for the night to their friend's house for a sleep over. It could be worst if the fire fighters didn't came on time. That was pretty close! Now, we also learned a lesson not to put heat lamp close to the straw. And turn it off when we leave from the house. 

For now, we are waiting for our contractors to make a bid and for the approval of our insurance, the gas meter was already replaced so everything was good. We bought air filter and the smoke is starting to go away. I just hope that they will finish fixing that side wall and the utility room before our vacation coming! So Will see....