Canyon Country Home Burns Down
I feel so sad for these poor people. There are few things worse than seeing your home burned to a crisp.
Apparently, yesterday in Canyon Country that’s exactly what happened to a local family.
The firefighters believe that the fire originated in the back of the house. One of the kids came home from school to discover her home engulfed in flames. Fortunately, they have some family they can stay with locally while they get their life back together.
About 6 or 7 years ago, a home down the street from where we lived back then burned down. The home belonged to an older gentleman that had his son and grandson living with him. Apparently, in the back of the house they had a snake in an aquarium with heat lamps. The lamp started the fire. It was such a horrible thing to happen and it happened just about a week before Christmas as well.
My kids make fun of me, but this past summer, I took a video inventory of my home. I mean they talk about it all the time on the news, so I figured I may as well just do it. It took about 15 minutes. I just walked around opened all the cabinets and started recording. Gave the tape to my mother in law and hopefully, I’ll never need it.
SilentT | Oct 23, 2006 | Reply
Video inventory is a great idea! What I’ve been doing is a typed inventory. I started it when we got married. Started with a list of wedding presents received and then added to the list by dictating items room by room into a dictaphone). So every time we buy an item worth adding, I indicate the item model info, where and when it was purchased and the price. The list is at work, together with some receipts, in case there’s a fire at home. (Also have copies of digital photos on disks at work.) I took photos of each room at some point, but haven’t updated that lately.
When earthquake insurance was really cheap (it served us well after the ‘94 quake), I learned from that experience that the insurance companies like receipts and as much info on possible when you’re making a claim.