I bolt out of bed to see what's up and could smell an electrical burn as well as see some haze in the air, so Shelly and I jumped into our family fire plan. She got Rylan outside and I got Kylee. Both kids were EXCELLENT in getting out.
Shelly moved the 2 cars out while I ran downstairs and grabbed the external hard drive with all our stuff on it while calling 911.
2 minutes later I had Tooele PD here and the Fire Dept was about 7 minutes behind them.
It's the only picture I could snap, but we had 3 fire trucks, and ambulance, and several cop cars on scene.
We determined there was no fire in the house, and narrowed it down to the refrigerator. We unplugged it and the smell seemed to start fading.
Our neighbors, the Johnson's walked over and had the kids go wait in their front room, a very nice gesture, thanks to them for that!
The fire dept finally left around 3:30, and of course Shelly and I couldn't sleep, so watched TV until around 5.
Shelly was happy when one of the firemen complimented her on how clean it was behind the fridge. He didn't even get anything on his black pants when kneeling behind it.
Rylan wins the POSSESSION AWARD of the year! He ran out of the house and grabbed 3 things:
- The Hat that Grandma Barnes made for Christmas
- Doydle (His stuffed dog)
- His TV Remote Control
The next morning I looked at the back of the fridge and found the problem near the compressor.
Time to get a fridge, hate to spend the money, but feel better about that then trying to get the old one fixed.
