well last night we had to call the local fire station, our chimney caught fire, flames out the top of chimney and the loft was getting to hot for my liking, the chimney breast is in our bedroom and the plaster has now cracked {only finished painting in there 2 weeks ago} they arrived with 2 fire engines and they were fast with dealing with the situation, dogs were fine didnt like the smoke alarms going off, aleast we know they work. we cant praise them engough , and wigster when you see them has they all knew you ,give them another big thanx from us, we had a good chat about deerhounds and about secret santas prezzie you got[ i could do with a good folder]. well just finished clearing up now i have got to think what colour to paint the living room smokey grey doesnt do it for me

Glad that everyone is alright and no permanent damage was done its a shame about the decoration though

Wow, what a night, luckily you were in all evening, to think if you were out, what could have happened doesn't bear thinking about.
A nice flame orange sounds nice!

Lurch8252 wrote:


or smokey grey

Seriously - glad things did not get worse and that you all and hounds are ok

cal wrote:


Hi Cal, I was informed of your disaster, pleased to know you are all safe as I have known chimney’s turn into “roofs” & caused mega damage.
If anyone else is unfortunate enough to have a fire confined to their chimney I would advise you evacuate the affected room (in an orderly fashion) including the pets (safety precaution) then call the Fire Service via 999, providing them with your exact location (helpful if you live far out in the sticks & far away from the nearest fire station) It’s always good to look out for the engine & wave them down with a light if during the dark hours.
If you feel safe you can always try to extinguish the fire by adding SMALL amounts of water from a bowl or better still “squeeze bottle like washing up liquid” which will turn to steam, rise up the chimney & will help prevent the spread of fire until the service arrive

glad it happened on wednesday night due to the fact of the snow last night, we live at the bottom of a steep hill , tony wonts me to ask wigster how do the fire engines handle in snow would they be able to get back up the hill?

The longest It's taken me to respond to an incident that was weather affected was 2.5 hours to travel just by Junct 3 of M42 - not because we were stuck at any time but cars stuck blocking our path ( I also went 300M the wrong direction on the Mway to achieve that or we would have taken longer) We always get through

Glad your all ok