All good advice so far I'll add my 2cents.First get everyone out,call or have someone call the fire dept.that way if you can't handle it help will already be on the way,keep between an exit and the fire,so you can get out if the fire grows.<br><br>I believe i self-reliance, taking care of your own,I'll also add some of the biggest and worst fires I've been to have been ones where the people tried to first battle it themselves.Including one that started as a simple matteress fire,which turned into a full house fire in which 5 people died.<br><br>Its quite commen to find a bucket or pan in the tub or sink with the water still running or a spent extinguisher at a ripping house fire.Don't expect to put out a hole lot of fire with these things.Get everyone OUT,call the FD,give it a shot but keep the exit to your back.<br><br>Now I work for a city dept.that has a 4 minute responce time.If you live in the sticks,or somewhere that has a shortage of vollenteers and the responce time is great you may have no choice but to fight it.I keep a 100 foot garden hose hooked up front and rear of my home.In the winter one is pre-connected to a faucet in the basement.<br><br>Stay safe.