Randall Cobb, household ‘fortunate to be alive’ after home fireplace

Vast 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” via their residence.

“We bought 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 Fireplace Division “for his or her swift motion.”

“I can not get the picture of the courageous firefighter stepping into place out of my head; he did not even have water to shoot but. I really thought the automobiles 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 understand how a lot, if something, will probably be salvageable, however this has been a reminder that nothing is extra necessary than the well being of our household.

“We’re grateful for our unimaginable group in Nashville, and the assist from our shut associates which have given us a short lived roof over our heads and shoulders to lean on.”

The publish to Instagram consists of movies exhibiting burned automobiles 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).