Sep 28
Fire scare
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We had a fire scare last night. A building two blocks away caught fire. But since the street it was in was flooded with 6 feet of murky waters, the firetrucks couldn’t go anywhere near it. As a result, the raging fire spread in several structures and houses through the power line. And it came almost near the building in front of my grandma’s residence and ours as well.

Naturally, people panicked in our street. Our laundrywoman, who knew that we don’t really go out and mingle especially when nighttime falls, knocked on our gate and told my dad what’s happening. When my dad and my brother went down the street to check on it, we heard our neighbors packing their bags and moving their appliances out of the house. I was telling my siblings to stay calm but when I heard our neighbors running, I panicked, too! I told my sisters to get ready with the important documents and their money and I packed my laptop and external harddrive as well as my IDs and some other personal stuff. And then I left my siblings for a while to check things myself. When I saw that so many men from our street as well as two neighboring streets were all out to anticipate the spreading of fire in the building in front of my grandma’s, I calmed down. I knew that whatever happens, there would be literally a hundred men who would help put the fire out. Plus, a firetruck came and stopped at our street. I went home and told my siblings to just sit down and pray and that everything’s okay then.

When my dad and my brother came back, we all prayed the rosary to calm ourselves. I really thank God the fire was put out after less than an hour. The firemen thought of something and they managed to put out the source of fire.

In times like this, it pays to live in a neighborhood where everyone are concerned about one another. In times like this, we appreciate the fact that we may live in a place far from what a subdivision or a decent neighborhood looks like but with neighbors who will really go out of their way to help one another in times of emergency.





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