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FIRE!
Photos taken for my insurance company after the fire. These are not the best photos, but were shot to document the mess from the outside of the house through the less damaged places and then to the back of the house where the fire damaged the most.


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Exterior shots of my house starting from the front yard.
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Hole cut by the firemen to get to fire cooking in the ceiling.
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The gas company cut the line when the shutoff valve broke.

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When the fire department arrived, they shoveled the contents of my computer/video/audio room out the window (previous) to get at the fire. Somewhere under the pile was my wallet, checkbook and all the rest of my important documents.

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Into the house...

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Living room in front of house.
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Kitchen
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Bedroom
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Side (main) entrance.
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Porch/shop (junky but not smoke damaged).
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Middle/family room.
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The following shots are in the remains of the computer/video room. Empty because the contents were shoveled out the window.

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My box of books and papers from burningman. Scorched but not burned.
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All of my old records in the file cabinets survived. My recent records all burned.

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Finally into the back bathroom and the source of the fire. The firemen cut through the roof and below the floor to make sure all the fire was extinguished.

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The remains of the toilet stool.
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This is where the firemen tossed the bathtub to get below it.

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Cleanup begins. Digging through the piles to see what was lost and what can be saved.

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My mac looked horrible, but I kinda think it might have fired up if I tried to plug it in. I was able to save much of the data from 3 hard drives.
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One of 3 TVs that were destroyed.
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Remains of my stereo system.
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Slides from my trip around the world.

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This stuff survived the fire, but not the movers who hauled it away after the flames died down.
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