
Urgent Help for Michael Behnen's Fire Loss
My name is Michael Behnen. There was a fire in my apartment complete destruction.Here is what happened my story. This was the second Tuesday and 3 years that I wasn't scheduled to close. I got off work at 8:00. Went and got some of my medications from Walgreens and then went home. I got home I roll a blunt smoked half of it while I was cooking pizza. I was waiting for the pizza to cook while I was playing video games I didn't have my headphones on and I heard a faint beeping sound like an alarm. I went to my door I had 6 minutes left on my pizza. I haven't ate in the whole day. I go to my door I open it I looked down the hallway I see smoke barreling out this lady's apartment she is holding her baby about 1-year-old she didn't understand English I was trying to see what was going on where to smoke was coming from maybe I could help get it out. Mind you I wasn't thinking of myself or getting my s*** out of there I was more worried about this lady and her kid and I didn't know if there was anyone left in her apartment so I asked her if I could look and I opened her door and her back porch was on fire coming from downstairs I looked in each room there was nobody there nobody crying or anything I got to her door I turned around the sliding glass door in her living room went and the fire came across her ceiling like a wave like that movie backdraft. Then I went to my apartment cuz I was freaked out at this time and I was trying to get my keys in my wallet and some things out of my apartment my money and a fireman told me I had to get out now. I didn't listen and started to walk in my apartment it was smokeless barreling through parts of the wall where they put in electric heaters instead of water heaters. I continued to walk into my apartment and someone grab me by my shoulder and pulled me out of my apartment whether it was God or a fireman. So I started walking to the stairs to go down and outside and I froze on the top of the stairs I at this time I could barely see and I couldn't breathe I held my breath close my eyes and continue to walk down the stairs using the railing. All I had on was my pajamas some house shoes and my new phone. Thank God I had my new phone in my pocket then I just watched everything burn by the time the fire from the roof got over my apartment I couldn't handle it no more and I left I walked down the road with the whole road was covered with police ambulances fire trucks it was a five alarm fire. There was a fatality. I pray that everyone who was part of who lived in the building is okay. That is my story what happened lost everything the roof caved in on my apartment covered everything with water burntwood everything was damaged and broke and lost