Earlier tonight the apartment above mine caught on fire while I was taking a nap. I was not woken up by a smoke detector, instead I was woken up by the sound of water rushing into my apartment, and a strong smell of smoke. Apparently before I woke up, a rather large fire had started, run some of its course, and was almost stopped before I woke up and left my apartment. Most ironic part was that the water was pouring out of my smoke alarm which didn't go off. So I moved some snakes to get them out of the way of the downpour and I got the hell out of my building, all the while being rather freaked out that a fire was going on probably about 4 feet away from me (I have a lofted bed in a small apartment to accommodate my critters). So after waiting outside for them to put out the fire and allow us back in, I went back to move out all the living creatures, and not only is my apartment smoke saturated, but the water damage is fairly extensive. While baggin up the snakes, my ceiling in my hallway, not 3 ft from where I was standing collapsed onto the floor. I got all my animals out, but currently they're sitting in bags without water for the night, I hope they're not harmed by the smoke. The geckos are the only ones that legitimately got to keep their cages. Currently we're all staying at my friends apartment, and tomorrow morning I'll get them all set back up again, in the smallest space possible because my friend doesn't have a lot of room.
All in all, I'm lucky that Boston FD has a good response and I woke up when I did because I'm not injured and I'm still alive, but damn was it a bad :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ing night.