At 4 AM we awoke to alarms blaring and a smoke-filled house. The girls pushed the ferret cages outside. I called 911. The fire was in the chimney and burst through a closet wall behind the fireplace. We and all the pets are okay. The deputy sheriff, police, firemen and paramedics were all wonderful. There is some damage to the house and tore up walls but all that doesn't matter. We are alive. I was worried about my husband because he wouldn't leave the house and the deputy sheriff was the one that got him out. He just didn't understand the danger perhaps because of the pain meds. The vision of smoke rolling across the kitchen ceiling and of my ferrets frantically running around in their cages will be with me forever and ever. Thank you to everyone that has emailed me about my last post. I have always told everyone how special the ferret community is. Nancy, still in her sooty pajamas, busy hugging kids of all kinds [Posted in FML 6619]