"Help, help!" These were the words the victims of the fire were crying out. I remember the fire was raging and everyone was panicky and screaming for help. It all began with a cigarette bud...
The Lim family , my neighbour, always had a habit of leaving tons and tons of things, for example newspapers and old clothes, just outside their flat. The corridor was so crammed and it was really difficult for people to walk through. many neighbours have tried to tell them about the devastating consequences but they always turned a deaf ear to it.
"Why can't they put those things somewhere else? Something will happen one day for sure if they continue to put their garbage outside their flat!", that was what the neighbours and I always thought. And true enough, something really did happen. Just like a "thought" come true.
It happened when one of our neighbours went out of his flat to have a smoke on his cigarette. after he was done, he accidentally threw his still lighted cigarette bud on one of Mr Lim's stack of newspapers. A ferocious fire broke out moments later, burning everything into ashes which came into its way. Residents smelled smoke and saw a raging fire located at the 5th level. By then, it was already too late, as the fire had raced through the entire block.
The Lim family was still trapped in their flat and were not able to escape due to the fire. "Help, help! Please, somebody, help us!" Many people were running about and carrying pails of water, trying their best to put out the fire.
END OF STORY. not exactly actually.
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