Extensive receiver Randall Cobb and his household escaped a hearth at their Nashville, Tennessee, residence this week, along with his spouse, Aiyda, posting, “we’re fortunate to be alive.”
Aiyda Cobb posted to her Instagram story this week {that a} Tesla charger “caught fireplace within the storage late final evening and shortly unfold” by means of their residence.
“We received out of the home with nothing however the garments on our again and no sneakers on our ft,” she wrote.
The Cobbs have three younger sons.
Randall Cobb, in a joint assertion posted to Instagram along with his spouse Wednesday, wrote that he was ready to return into the home and rescue the household’s canine, Louie.
Cobb thanked the Nashville Hearth Division “for his or her swift motion.”
“I am unable to get the picture of the courageous firefighter entering into place out of my head; he did not even have water to shoot but. I actually thought the vehicles have been going to blow up and that we might lose him to this tragedy. He’s a real hero,” Cobb wrote. “Sadly we do not know the way a lot, if something, shall be salvageable, however this has been a reminder that nothing is extra vital than the well being of our household.
“We’re grateful for our unimaginable neighborhood in Nashville, and the help from our shut buddies which have given us a brief roof over our heads and shoulders to lean on.”
The publish to Instagram consists of movies exhibiting burned vehicles and intensive fireplace harm to the storage.
Cobb, 33, performed final season for the New York Jets and is a free agent. He performed 10 of his first 12 seasons with the Inexperienced Bay Packers and ranks fifth in franchise historical past with 532 receptions, tenth in landing receptions (47) and eleventh in receiving yards (6,316).
