House on Fire!

We had a sad experience today. There was also many blessings mixed with the sadness!
We are good friends with are neighbors that live across the street. Well, their house caught on fire! I couldn't believe it. I saw smoke coming from the side of the house. Then I saw the flames. My other neighbors were in our yard. I asked if they called 911. They said they did. I then asked if any one talked to Kelley. She was out of town and was suppose to be back on Tuesday. Sometimes she goes to sleep after the kids are off to school. The neighbors said they didn't have her number. I said I did. I ran to get my phone. She was still out of town thankfully! I then broke the sad news to her. I really hate doing that! I told her how sorry I was. I then proceeded to help fire fighters with information. I told them the parents are out of town. The kids are at school. Their cousin was watching the kids while they were away. I said everyone left about 40 minutes ago. So nobody was in the house. I said however they have a dog, a cat, and 3 snakes. The fire fighter kicked the door in and the dog came out. The cat didn't make it. The snakes made it. We had 6 fire trucks in the front of my house. We also had three police cars. Oh my! I couldn't get out of my drive way to take my kids to school. My other neighbor offered to take them since there was a little opening for her car. I took her up on it. The kids of my neighbor whose house was on fire then showed up. A friend had taken them out of school. They are 17, 15, 10, 7. I hugged them all and told them how sorry I was. We really love there family. Then when it was safe to go in I walked through and talked to my neighbor about the damage. There kitchen is gone. There laundry room and bathroom are gone. The damage is unreal. Fortunately the bedrooms are pretty much in tack. They will just have to get the black off and smoke smell out. Which i heard is very hard. My Neighbors are trying so hard to get home from Texas. We are praying for them!