EAST NASSAU, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A devastating house fire that took everything from Michael Andrews started in his basement when lithium-ion batteries that were left plugged in overnight suddenly exploded. Andrews woke up to his home already in flames.
“My daughter was asleep on the couch. [I] ran down there and got her through the flames, trying to breathe, and got her out,” said Andrews. “Then I got rushed to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Thankfully, she wasn’t hurt or anything, and no one got burned, but we lost everything.”
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Since the fire, Andrews has lived on his property in a camper. When his home burned down, so did his business. Andrews makes furniture, and his home also acted as his showroom.
“I redid the ceiling, the walls. It used to be a daycare when I first moved in and I turned it into a showroom, and then I turned it into a house,” said Andrews. “I did the kitchen, the living rooms, the bedrooms, all the furniture. I didn’t just lose stuff that I could go buy, it’s like stuff that I had handcrafted and antiques that I bought and incorporated into my art.”…