Last month, my parents condo burned down.
I had been playing with the oil furnace, trying to teach myself how to do oil furnace servicing.
I talked to the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C specialist when he was at the house, and I watched what he was doing. All I did was mimic his actions, without legitimately making any changes. I grabbed 1 wire, and it broke off in my hand. I quickly closed the oil furnace up, and went upstairs before mom and dad got new home from work. That night, something malfunctioned in the oil furnace and it caused a condo fire, and both of us lost everything, however most people was safe. Mom and dad were upset, and I kept saying the fire was my fault, and dad told me there was nothing I could have done to start the fire, although I had been the 1 who was playing with the oil furnace before they got new home from work. When the insurance adjuster came to the house, he said the fire was caused by an electrical glitch. Both of us were fortunate most people was awake, because the fire spread so quickly. I started crying when they said it was electrical, and now I was sure I had started the fire. I told dad what I had been doing and he told me it had nothing to do with me. He was concerned that I was playing with the oil furnace, but he didn’t think it had anything to do with the fire. I told him a wire came off in my hand. Dad told me the insurance adjuster said the fire started in the play room and not in the oil furnace room. I was thankful dad was trying to make me suppose better, although I was still convinced the fire was my fault.