Owners Watched Fort McMurray Home Burn to Ground Over iPhone

After fleeing the wildfires that engulfed Fort McMurray, James O’Reilly and his wife watched their home burn to the ground on a home security camera via an iPhone. This video taken by the security camera shows the couple’s living room, front window and a fish in a tank as the smoke and flames engulf the house. Metro Edmonton first reported the story here.

Courtesy: James O'Reilly

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[elishawesley]

I'm so sorry that this happened to your home. And your poor fish.

[reyamalloy]

the eerie thing is hearing the alarm kinda echo but you can't see anything...

[JSHK]

Seeing those poor fish still in the building made me cry 😭 R.I.P fish

[footballwhale]

Imagine if they did all of that and realized they weren't recording

[OsmosisHD]

I can't imagine watching my own house burn live on stream...
Must be a painful experience, my best wishes for all those people who lost their homes!

Luckily the human death toll is still 0 right?
Houses can be rebuild but losing a loved one can't be replaced

[shadowsamboyo]

Fire burning half of the house

Fire alarm: nothing is happening its all fine

Fire: burns the entire house already

Fire alarm:

[panzermeyer]

That fish became a steamed fish..RIP Nemo...

[ZivoTBG]

NOO THE I LOVE FISH.... R.I.P Fish 🐠 😢😭

[lawrenceparenteau]

Thank you Rachel Notley for letting this happen.

[tjwash]

My smoke alarm goes off when I burn toast, that room was full of smoke before theirs beeped.

[trhy]

House: literally gone
Fire Alarm: Oh btw I thinks theres a fire somewhere

[dms]

Can we all pay our respects to the lives lost in this. Rip those poor fish

[ilovebeinagirl]

Insurance company: We need more footage before we can pay out your claim.

[indianheadlogan]

*Fire completely engulfs and surrounds entire house*

Smoke alarm: wha-what... oh... *BEEP*

[ThatOldBiddy]

Its too bad that smoke alarms don't sound as quickly when there is a real fire as when you're cooking dinner.

[fortheloveofpaint]

The scariest part was how long it took the fire alarm to go off..

[jh]

Seeing the fire at the window before it comes in is terrifying

[JStrick]

Listening to the sounds of the fire breaking the windows and stuff hitting the house towards the beginning is really eerie. I can’t even begin to imagine how helpless the residents felt watching this.

[ericwoytasek]

Triple pane windows. Nice. They held up very well considering what was being thrown at them.

[tessaleroux]

I can’t imagine how devastating it must have been and helpless seeing ones home being destroyed. The poor fish too. I hope they had insurance . So very sad