San Diego Condo |
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Los Gatos townhouse fire
December 2, 1999 |
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Bleached Hair! |
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San Diego Condo |
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Los Gatos townhouse fire
December 2, 1999 |
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Bleached Hair! |
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On December 2, 1999, I came home from work late to find the townhouse
I was renting surrounded by firemen. Unfortunately, it was MY
townhouse that had burned. The fire started in my bedroom, probably
from the wall transformer that powered my cordless phone. Most of my
dresser burned up (that's where the phone sat) but remarkably the
drawer with my important paperwork was mostly intact. There was a
hole burned through my bed, and all the plastic hangers in the closet
melted all over my clothes. The entire place suffered pretty bad
smoke damage, and I had to throw away most of my possessions. This is
the one time in my life when I skipped getting renters insurance since
I wasn't concerned about theft, but I never thought about fire.
The landlords made out pretty good as their insurance paid to rebuild the entire place from the inside, including replacing the elecric baseboard heat with a real forced-air furnace, and all new appliances. |
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