Insane???
Before anyone panics, myself, my dogs, my geckos, and all of my posessions are safe.
My apartment building went up into flames this morning. They are unsure of how it happened or started. Luckily for me, it started on the other end of the building and my apartment and the one above me were "safe" to go into and retrieve our things. The others they weren't letting anyone in.
It started at around 5am this morning. I was just waking for work, pressing the snooze button more than once. I heard someone screaming and I thought it was just the people above me fighting again. It didn't sound like them though, so I threw on pajama pants and a sweater and went outside to see what was going on. My neighbor was running up and down the parking lot freaking out screaming. She had been up all night working on some things and was just about to go to bed when she heard the crackling. I looked up and saw the embers flying and flames growing.
I instantly went back in, threw Alice in a crate, leashed Mufasa, and carried the crate out. There was a neighbor that I've become friends with but lives in the buliding across from mine standing there. I handed her my dogs and went back in. I grabbed my phone, camera, phone charger and my dad's laptop as they were the closest things to the door as the fire department was yelling at me to get out. My geckos were still in there and I was trying to go and get them but they wouldn't let me. A firefighter ended up going in there and getting them for me.
I spent the day completely calm and keeping my neighbors sane. I stopped arguments between neighbors whose nerves were in flames as well. I comforted my neighbors and kept myself completely calm and collected. I've hugged so many complete strangers today and one guy even called me an "earth angel." I lost it after it was all over.
They ended up letting me go into my apartment at around 1pm. I called up my friends, 4 guys that live together - they ended up coming over right away and helped me pack all of my things up. My dad got me a storage room and we stuffed as much as we could in there.
Myself and the kids are at my parents for the night, I'm not sure where my life is taking me after tonight but I'm glad I'm still here and my kids are fine too. My parents neighbors are using their fireplace right now and I can't even stand the smell of it.
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