Today I was getting ready to go out and job hunt when my TV power went out. I was boggled by this but not surprised because our power trips often in the house. So I went down stairs to the breaker box and tripped the breaker and could hear the TV come back on by the time I made it up stairs it was off again. SO I go back down and do this again to go up and be out again and seeing flames coming up my wall from the outlet. It was fully engulfed with flames. I moved quickly to try and put it out with a towel and it just kept relighting. I ran into the kitchen wondering what I could do and I tried the towel again and it went out. Something told me not to put water on it. Which was my first thought. Afterwards I called the Landlord and they came over. It was a electrical fire. I had plugged in a power strip which had 10 things plugged into it. The 3 prong plug I attached to the power strip was melted completely.
I can say someone was watching over me because the first time the power tripped I was saying I can fix it when I get back. For some reason I went and fixed it. Then it did it again because something was telling me to stay if I would have left my house would have burnt to the ground.
The fire Department did come to check for hot spots in the wall and they asked if I had been smelling rubber burn and I said yes for the past couple of days. He said anytime I can smell that to call and they will come check it all out for that is the start of a electrical fire coming.
Thank You to who ever was watching over me today!
