Squeal from upstairs and little miss comes down shouting dad my bedroom is on fire!
Well instant oh sh1t moment told the kids to get out and went to investigate as I got half way up the stairs the RCD killed the lighting circuit and the smoke alarm in her room kicked into life ..
Top of the stairs grabbed the firexo extinguisher and the attached Nebo big Larry stuck to the bottom turned on...
The Larry was a bloody blessing dark nights no lighting bar the white escape light led in the smoke detector ..
Room door was still open I shut other doors as I crossed the landing
Pulled the pin and NOTHING bar a splutter fecking thing did nothing there's going to a angry email fired off once I've calmed down .......
Dropped it on the floor no good fretting plan B the bigger 3 litre Afff extinguisher in the master bedroom as well you spend a lot of time in there

Grabbed it and I'll call it muscle memory by this point melted bits of lampshade were dripping onto the floor (well by floor her new winter coat that was dumped teenagers eh!)
Tackled the lamp / shade first snuffed it out quickly enough then took on the coat again quick puff of foam all was good the gauge is still in the green but obviously it'll be replaced ...
came out the room shut the door got downstairs and by this point little miss was In a full blown tizz with herself didn't know how to work her own phone in the state she was in so I called it in to the fire service who were great with the kids
They checked the attic for any burning that nothing had spread
And took the old light fitting down and left it safe
2 fire engines and half the street out for a look...
Then the wife pulls up from work...
Spent the past hour scrubbing the ceiling down will be no evidence of the fire after a lick of fresh paint tomorrow
I need a beer
