He stood still, he hadn’t thought how deeply uncomfortable this must be for Ruth. “This can’t be happening,” he thought as he looked at her house engulfed in flames. Because of that, not much is left of Cranick's house. Even when he offered to pay whatever they want, they ignored his burning house. As they proceeded to do their job, they started to rip off the wallpaper. From a second story, if you have to hang, you might get closer to the ground and you could potentially let go and fall to safety. As he pulled up to his home each night, he saw his neighbor sleeping and eating inside her car. The room was in complete darkness. “This is why my jalopy has become my home!” Ruth exclaimed. But as he went room to room, the answer to his question seemed apparent. Burns couldn’t get the stench out from his nose, but just by looking around he knew why. Burns got home one afternoon and saw Ruth fiddling with something in her car. Their house was destroyed. While Ruth watched her home and everything she had once known vanish before her. Lucky for them. Husband Always Works Late, Wife Looks Closer At Clothes, 97-Year-Old Eats Alone At Arby’s Every Day Until Employees Realize Something’s Off, Man Mocks Woman On Plane, Doesn't Realize Who's Behind Him. Firefighters Watch Another House Burn To The Ground Because Of Unpaid $75 Fee 12.6.11 4:15 PM EDT By Chris Morran @themorrancave tennessee firefighters protection money “What’s in the house?” Burns answered perplexed, but that’s when he knew. They declined to turn their hoses on because … The firemen gathered around the house to control the flames. He also started a Facebook page where he wrote about the condition of Ruth’s home and called others to action. The firemen gathered around the house to control the flames. Burns adopted Ruth’s dog from her and took the little pup to see her every time she visited. He immediately pulled on the shelf and it gave way to a secret room. Trash and feces filled every room. Watch fullscreen. But firefighters continued to let the flames rage at Cranick's home. He had a fantastic plan; clean up Ruth’s house and get rid of the black mold. A house can be cleaned up, but still, she couldn’t face to even look at it. 4:04. Why would they want to risk their home being … But still, she would have to understand that this was all with good intention for her wellbeing. Firefighters Watch As Home Burns: Gene Cranick's House Destroyed In Tennessee Over $75 Fee (VIDEO) By Adam J. “Was this woman a hoarder?” Burns asked himself as he continued his investigation. He had all the right intentions, but he would have never expected this. Firefighters are usually the bold "veni, vidi, vici" sort, but those from neighboring South Fulton could only say "veni, vidi. She wouldn’t even go inside when Burns asked her if he could take a tour, she seemed frightened for him to find out the real reason she wasn’t living in there. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall.It threatened but did not reach the City of Westminster (today's West End), Charles II's Palace of Whitehall, or most of the suburban slums. One day, Ruth told Burns all about the secret bedroom. Burns didn’t know that as soon as he walked passed the threshold, there was no going back. She was cared for by loving nurses, and she even started to open up to other women in the center’s care. Ruth lost her husband a few years back and was so profoundly taken over by the loss that she became numb and stopped maintaining her home — the home full of all their life’s memories. But, Burns could not for the life of him understand why. Not only did Burns have to speak to Ruth right away, but he had to get away from the exposure. How odd, Burns thought. He wanted Ruth to start anew, for everything to be perfect once the clutter and the mold issue was cleared from her home. A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States by John Adams; Debates On The Adoption Of The Federal Constitution; Democracy In America, by Alexis de Tocqueville; Demophilus: Principles of the English Constitution; Federalist Papers; Madison’s Notes: The Federal Convention of 1787; Novanglus Essays, by John Adams “This is why my jalopy has become my home!” Ruth exclaimed. Black and grim, right on the wall. 2. The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of London from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 September 1666. Clutter was everywhere, and as he continued to inspect the house and open more doors, there was just more and more. As he got closer to the dark mold, he wanted to know how bad it had gotten, and surely enough… it was bad. “In the house,” Ruth said. Burns didn’t know that as soon as he walked passed the threshold, there was no going back. For example, a thick layer of ash can mean an abnormally hot, fast-burning fire. 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