Scary night at the Murphy home

Friday, September 23 was Kiley's 19th birthday. Before we went out for dinner we went looking for a new cae because this 1995 blazer was ready to go to car heaven. We were home by 10:15pm and all of us in bed by 11pm. Around 2am I heard a noise that sounded like a bear knocking over my garbage can, (I always think the noises in the night are bears) and I saw a flickering light. Well I just wanted to go to sleep so a little later I hear it again and luckily Keith heard the noise and saw the light. He looked out our blinds and jumped out of bed saying that the car was on fire. He goes outside and moves his truck which is parked right next to our flaming car and gets the hose and is trying to put out the fire. I call 911 and by this time the kids our up. You know how on TV 911 stays on the phone with you until help arrives, well this guy didn't, maybe it's only if there is a life threatening problem. Oh well. The fire company arrives, most of them miss our driveway because well, we live in the woods. The first responder and Keith get the fire out. It takes 3 people to hold a fire hose. This all ends around 3:15 am on
Saturday morning. Kiley's birthday went out with a bang! I just have to say that I was amazed that Keith could get out of bed so fast from a dead sleep. Trust me I don't think that will ever happen again, he cherishes his sleep. I am so grateful that it had been raining out earlier in the day and that it started to rain again. The trees above our car have black leaves. It also gave me peace of mind to know that the fire would not start back up again. Earlier in the night we had gone to the mall and I was tired so I was sitting in our car and texting Keith that we should call the dealer in the morning and stop the process of getting another car and just fix this one up. When the fire was out he was joking around saying that he didn't think I would go that far to get a new car. HaHa Well now there is no choice, we had to get a new car. Everyone is asking how the fire started. I don't know if we will ever know but some of our mechanic friends think it was in the wiring or maybe an animal chewed the wires. We are grateful we weren't in the car when it happened because 2 of our doors wouldn't open. Keith's trombone was in the back of the car and so was my serger. The trombone made it, only the case was melted. My serger wasn't so lucky, it melted and is stuck to the car. We feel very blessed that we are safe and that it did not spread to the house or the surrounding woods.