Do I Call CPS On His Mom?

I'm the non-custodial father of a 13 y.o. boy. My son calls me yesterday evening and asks me what he should do. It seems that Sunday night (the 20th) his mother left some pumpkin seeds on the stove to roast and forgot about them. They were gone from the house for four hours and when they returned home about 8:00pm the house was filled with smoke. He said you couldn't see into the next room the smoke was so thick. Fast forward 24 hours later and she's not home, he calls her asking her what to do because everything smells like smoke, he has homework and he doesn't want to go to school the next day smelling like smoke. He's trying to do laundry to get the smoke out of his clothes, but he doesn't know how to work the washer and the dryer. I guided him through how to start a load of laundry, but he's obviously agitated and in a panic. His mother won't return home, telling him she has other things on her mind (she's at her boyfriend's house). I begin to tell him this isn't his fault and he shouldn't be the one that has to deal with it when he finishes the sentence for me. He knows this isn't right, but he's calling me because he doesn't know what to do and he needs someone to talk to.I am thinking of calling CPS as this is not the first time she has come close to burning the house down. One day before we were divorced I came home to a house full of gas with candles burning in the house. Another time she left something else on the stove and forgot about it resulting in the house full of smoke. I don't want to stir things up between him and his mother, but she does this frequently enough that I am concerned for his safety.Our divorce was quite acrimonious. This isn't something she would be receptive to discussing with me. The conversation would devolve into an argument in little to no time. I am considering calling CPS, but I do not want to make things worse for my son. The state is Tennessee, I live in Arizona. He is my only son although his mother has an adult daughter from a previous marriage (who doesn't speak to her). I hesitate to call CPS as she would consider it a ploy on my part to hurt her. I don't want to stir things up and create more drama, I just want my son safe. I know CPS can really damage a family. Should I call them? Is this bad enough of a deal to call CPS? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/33RXily