Packed to the Rafters With Junk

[icyfroth]

THE NSW Fire and Rescue Service wants people to dob in hoarders after an elderly Sydney couple was injured in a fire fuelled by piles of junk.

Their Marrickville home was destroyed by the blaze which broke out when some of their hoarded items were ignited by a candle on Sunday night, NSWFRS Superintendent Tom Cooper said.

To get into the house, firefighters had to scale a pile of hoarded goods in the couple's front yard with a ladder.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/hoarder-warning-after-house-fire/story-e6frg6nf-12266873...

"The people's belongings were stacked up to the roof, they even had belongings stacked inside the roof," Supt Cooper said.

The man and woman were found near the front of the house by emergency services.

The woman's clothes were on fire and she suffered serious burns to 20 per cent of her body, Supt Cooper said.

Both were taken to hospital, where the woman remains in a serious condition.

Neighbouring houses were also evacuated.

Items from clothes to fishing roads, body boards and scrap metal had been packed throughout the couple's house and in their front yard.

They had also filled a van, a small four wheel drive and a trailer with goods that couldn't fit in their home.

I wonder what will happen to the old folks when they're released out of hospital.

I can't imagine living like that, although I'm guilty of hoarding stuff. I guess it all piles up til it gets too big to tackle so you give up.

One of the firemen interviewed was so nice. He never once mentioned the words "junk" or ''rubbish" He called it "storage".

How sweet.

I like firemen

[*elizabeths-mum*]

I don't know about other states but in Queensland you can apply for a Justices Examination Order (JEO) to have the person examined for mental health problems, but you have to have lots of evidence of a mental health problem to stop the procedure being used maliciously. 

Given the sad state of our mental health service I'm not sure how much would be achieved though.

[icyfroth]

I wonder how people feel about living next door to a place like that?

I understand the neighbours of this couple had to be evacuated as well, due to the hazard of other "storage" taking alight.

They're probably relieved the place will now be cleared.

[*mrgrizz*]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

I like firemen

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(I'll try again)

Me too.

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PHWOAR! They are HOT!

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now if i post pics of chicks in bikini's i get slapped

why do you think that is

[polksaladallie]

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@*mrgrizz* wrote:

now if i post pics of chicks in bikini's i get slapped

why do you think that is

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These men are not in bikinis?

[cherry*135]

[illicit69]

So sorry, they don’t turn me on at all, quite satisfied with my “eye candy” at home, so will use my Son’s favourite comment about Elle Macpherson “Nice bod, shame about the face”. OMG, I’, just so boring.   

[polksaladallie]

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@illicit69 wrote:

So sorry, they don’t turn me on at all, quite satisfied with my “eye candy” at home, so will use my Son’s favourite comment about Elle Macpherson “Nice bod, shame about the face”. OMG, I’, just so boring.   

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E M's body is not all hers, so what is the attraction there?

[i-need-a-martini]

We get a fire truck at work every week at work because some idiot on level 3 keeps burning their morning toast.

It's definitely the highlight of the week lol! Yum!

[polksaladallie]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

We get a fire truck at work every week at work because some idiot on level 3 keeps burning their morning toast.

It's definitely the highlight of the week lol! Yum!

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It's your toast, isn't it.

[toon_town_nutter]

Well our hoarder in our street is about 15 houses away and I can't see it from my house but it annoys me to drive past. And I do know it drives his immediate neighbours nuts. He cleaned up the front yard this month so I'd say the council has been onto him for running a business from home without approval. Usually his front yard is full of stuff with boards with prices painted on them. The stuff is all overpriced and he will never ever negotiate a price, he gets all the stuff for free, he never ever pays for anything. 

He could rent a building out in the industrial areas but he's so tightfisted.