Large receiver Randall Cobb and his household escaped a hearth at their Nashville, Tennessee, residence this week, together 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 night time and shortly unfold” by way of their residence.
“We acquired out of the home with nothing however the garments on our again and no footwear on our ft,” she wrote.
The Cobbs have three younger sons.
Randall Cobb, in a joint assertion posted to Instagram together with his spouse Wednesday, wrote that he was in a position 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 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’d 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 vital than the well being of our household.
“We’re grateful for our unbelievable neighborhood in Nashville, and the assist from our shut mates which have given us a short lived roof over our heads and shoulders to lean on.”
The submit to Instagram contains movies exhibiting burned automobiles and in depth fireplace injury 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).