Chris and his wife are OK as are the dogs, but there was a bad fire over at his house. Lots of fire and smoke damage.

From Chris on FB:

Absolutely devastated right now and just at a lose for words.
Last night some type of fire (the fire dept thinks electrical) tore thru our living room and completely engulf the house in thick black smoke.



Our dogs were rescued by Warren fire dept, they are all safe, Rocky had to go the ER for observation but is doing good and should be home tonight. Milo and kona are doing great, my mom is watching them currently.



Jen spent the night in the hospital for smoke inhalation/light burns from trying to find the dogs. I have some light burns and crushed knuckle from trying to punch a window out.



Just an insane night, but everyone is safe and material things can be replaced.



We lost everything, I got to look around last night and I don't think anything is salvageable.



Our neighbors were great, thank you for the help and support.
The Warren Fire and Police departments were incredible and saved the day.



Thank you to everyone who reached out and helped last night.
We are staying in a hotel that's dog friendly so at least we can all be together.

Wow, that's scary... Thank god everyone is okay.
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Holy shat. Saw on the news how the warren F.D had to use some special oxygen mask for dogs at a fire. Crazy when u find out its someone in your fircle that it happened to. Hope everything works out.
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Sorry to hear this Chris, terrible thing to happen, if an old fart with a pickup can be of any help, I'm in

Glad you all made it out!
Now comes the challenge of rebuilding your lives.
You will have all the help you'll need from your family and friends ( like those here on this site).

Sorry to hear this Chris, terrible thing to happen, if an old fart with a pickup can be of any help, I'm in

Left you a message on FB Chris. Same as Gup. Let me know if I can help. Have pickup and all the tools in the world.

Sorry to hear. Glad everyone is ok.
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wow .....so very sorry to hear this news
knowing all too well how it feels

one day at a time

Sorry to hear Chris. Glad you'll are ok.

Crushing news, Chris.... After illness, injury, and loss of life, a house fire is the worst experience one can have IMO.

Let me know where I can send a check, to the same address, or somewhere else, to help with things immediately. Everywhere you turn will be something that needs to be replaced.

Give me a call or text if you find time. If only to bounce ideas about logistics and what next step is at any point in time. We are here when you need us.

Crazy news Chris. I'm sure everything will work. T&p
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Wow....that s^cks. Glad everyone is safe.

Damn Chris. Everyone is safe and that's all that counts.
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Yikes!! So glad you are safe!
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Wow, sorry to hear it. But the important thing is that everyone is O.K.

Sorry to hear Chef, glad everyone is safe and that's what matters most.

EVERYBODY IS SAFE THAT IS GREAT......HOUSE CAN B REPLACED LIFE CAN NOT.....VERY HAPPY THAT ALL IS SAFE.....

Sorry to hear Chef, that sucks. Glad to hear everyones ok. Let me know if I can help, or if you need anything.
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oh man, so sorry Chris
we are here to help whatever you need

Sorry to hear about this Chris.

Glad you are safe.

T and Ps sent

Always one of my greatest fears - thank goodness you and your four legged best friends are all safe.

http://wpri.com/2015/09/27/dogs-saved-from-warren-fire/
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Wow, that's scary stuff. Glad you're all ok. All the best...

Sorry for you loss but glad everyone is ok. Everything except lives are replaceable .

Sorry for your loss, but glad everyone made it out ok.

Whoa Chris, that sounds like a close call. Ultimately the thing that will suck the most is the pictures you lost. Shout me for some fishing to get your mind off things
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Sucks Chris, Glad everyone is ok. If anything I can do to help out let me know, drop by my store, I own the metroPCS in Warren.
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wow...glad you guys are ok! take pics of all damaged goods for ins co. they become pricks real fast.

Chris I'm glad everyone is safe, I just hope there wasn't to much damage and loss

Hi guys and gals,
I spoke with Chris today and he sounded good, considering. What I didn't know is that he was flooded in a previous home during Sandy as well.... At any rate, the Blouin family and dogs are on their way to rebuilding their lives, as their home was a total loss. Total. Might be a sealed container with some clothes, but that is it. Everything is gone.

So knowing the guy Chris is, he will move forward, work with the insurance company, and keep his bride in the best shape that he can. Adjusters will arrive in the next day or so. But we all know that it won't cover everything, nor is Chris trying to make money on the deal. It has to be devastating to have just the clothes on their back. IHOP for the morning after breakfast. All out of pocket, and this is just the beginning. So I hope some of you will join me in sending what you can to help them offset the coming tide of outgoing cash to rebuild the necessities of daily life. When everything is gone, it comes down to cash being the best way to help out. No other way to put it.

I am sending them a check today to the address I have for Chris. Before I put that address out here, I will ask Chris for his blessing to publish it on the web. Otherwise, maybe someone more local to them could offer to receive funds we wish to send in order to help one of our own.

These are good people. I am going to ask the Cuttyhunk crew to come through in particular. He sure as hell has provided for us during our trips.... Thank you for your consideration. Ross

I'm totally in to help out however I can. Let me know where I can drop some cash or mail a check.
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glad everyone is ok chris

nightgfighter....im in with helping out....keep me posted with address

Contributions can be sent to;

Chris Blouin
15 Wilson St
Bristol, RI 02809

WOW . Glad to hear everyone is safe . Everything you lost can be replaced . glad they were able to save your dogs . all the best getting though this tragedy

I'm in

Im in.

So, as a consideration, I see some of you are dropping some checks off to Chris.

I propose a mini-raffle I have a Flag Painted Plug from Freak that I won on auction at the CSA event for Tony Stetzko.

I will raffle this off after I find it in the next couple days (my computer/fishing room is boxed up). But it is very nice!

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the t&p, well wishes, donations, calls, texts, emails, etc.

Been a crazy couple days to say the very least.

So far so good, we are staying at dog friendly hotel with is decent and that my renters insurance is covering at least for the time being.

Obviously the most important thing is that we are all safe and our dogs are fine and here with us.

But it's very sad and heartbreaking to walk thru the house and see all your hard work and items you've worked hard to own just burned and melted

Then you have the fishing stuff, which again is at the bottom of the list. The pics of the fishing gear is crazy, my vs is melted, rods curled up to twigs, epoxy on plugs bubbled and split.

Some sentimental items may be savagable like my wife's wedding dress, some clothes and suits.

But again you guys are amazing and means a lot to us.
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ughhh, so sorry to hear Chris! Thoughts and prayers. Let us know if we can do anything for you.

So, as a consideration, I see some of you are dropping some checks off to Chris.

I propose a mini-raffle I have a Flag Painted Plug from Freak that I won on auction at the CSA event for Tony Stetzko.

I will raffle this off after I find it in the next couple days (my computer/fishing room is boxed up). But it is very nice!

Boss how about a raffle/auction thread? i'll chip in.

So sorry to hear this Chris. Thanks for getting the ball rolling and the address Ross.
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Boss how about a raffle/auction thread? i'll chip in.

Good one, sticky?

I'll send out something today, Chris. Thank God you had renter's insurance.

So sorry to hear this! I am glad you all are all right.

Vic

Yes - I am going to find the plug - we'll put something together

Sorry to hear this Chris.

There's a gofundme on Facebook for Chris and family, as well.

The link is here:

https://www.gofundme.com/v757ut3g

Hope it's ok to put this on here, bossman.

Thanks,
Rick

There's a gofundme on Facebook for Chris and family, as well.

The link is here:

https://www.gofundme.com/v757ut3g

Hope it's ok to put this on here, bossman.

Thanks,
Rick


Yep

There's a gofundme on Facebook for Chris and family, as well.

The link is here:

https://www.gofundme.com/v757ut3g

Hope it's ok to put this on here, bossman.

Thanks,
Rick

Just for people's info. They take off 7.9% 5% to gofundme and 2,9% for processing fee, then the rest goes to the recipient.

Just for people's info. They take off 7.9% 5% to gofundme and 2,9% for processing fee, then the rest goes to the recipient.

I didn't know. I did the gofundme this morning.

I didn't know. I did the gofundme this morning.

thanks Paul, yeah they take a %, but some people are leary about paypal or other sites.

Thanks to eveyone else who donated, reached out, called, messaged, pm, etc.

The amount of support weve been seeing is amazing and truly blessed.

Just for people's info. They take off 7.9% 5% to gofundme and 2,9% for processing fee, then the rest goes to the recipient.

Wow, if I knew, I would have just sent a check. They're worse than PayPal.

T's and p's Chris
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Been away from the site for a while and just read this-wow.
I'm so glad you folks and the pets are ok Chris. I'm in for any help I can provide.

Sorry to hear about this, glad everyone is okay.

Chris- sorry to hear this happened to you.... my thoughts are with you and the fam. let me (us) know if theres anything you need...