We will get a better view from on top of that ladder Bilal, I’ll go first you come next, ok? Fine, he replied. Thus off I went climbing that
ladder and yes as expected I could see the fire in those slums. It was a Sunday
night I remember clearly me and my family came from our nani's house while
returning home we saw it.
A big large fire in the slums right behind the wall
separating Askari with the empty ground. Smoke covered the sky and the long
tongues of the flames licked the ground. A fire brigade will be needed to
extinguish this fire said my father and he was absolutely right. I rushed
upstairs and shouted Bilal come down there is a large fire near the park oh I
know he replied ok really its now much brighter if you want to come, come or
else don’t I am going ok I am coming he
replied we rushed down the stairs and went down don’t go near my father said.ok
we both said and paced towards the end of the park it was a devastating fire
for what we saw was that the electricity had gone in the houses next to the
fire the fire had come onto the walls and a fire brigade came to the fire in
front of me and it was a very huge one and kinda had all the necessary
provisions in it and then another one came and then another one and another one
then came two water tankers and a truck
filled with sand to extinguish it but something was missing thus I went home fetched
a pair of binoculars and came down now I went towards the door from which
anyone could go to the fire I went so near that I could pass my hand through
the door and then I looked through the binoculars the flames were hungry for
more and more land and covered almost all of it I over heard a few people
talking and asking the guard what happened one man asked why is it taking so
long to extinguish he replied a fire brigade had already gone and now 5 more
were called then another man asked what had caused this to which he replied
someone burnt the garbage and forgot about it
through carelessness it spread and went out of control another man asked
how much more time would it take and the guard replied an hour or two then a
woman asked if it was a danger for us who lived within the premises of Askari
and his reply was maybe because there was an electric station near the fire if
the fire reached that place a huge explosion would happen causing the fire to
come to askari
Next me and bilal went to the
starting of the street and saw a girl younger then me climb a ladder she gave
me the courage to climb it thus I handed my binoculars to Bilal and climbed it I
went to the top and could see fire men throwing water on it.
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