Fire!We were all in my aunt's kitchen at the back of her huge rambling Victorian house. I was only small and had wandered off to go to the loo, but given up after finding the hall full of smoke. "That was quick," my mum said after a few minutes. "Yes - it's all smoky," I replied.
I've never seen adults move so fast.
So, like my cousin who'd managed to set fire to the roof, tell us your fire stories.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Nov 2005, 9:11)
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Another one, with more of a BANG!This was around 9 years ago when the council decided that the pavement on the street I lived on needed replacing.
It was a jolly good time and me and my friends were getting on well with the geezers laying the new pavement, occasionally being asked to pop to the local newsagents to buy freeze pops to share between ourselves and the dirty council workers.
Well, one day we were sitting on the other side of the street while they were digging up the old pavement and the old gravel beneath it. One jolly fellow had not checked the documentation for electrical lines, putting a crowbar straight through the electrical mains. I have never seen a man fly through the air unintentionally.
I had never seen electrical explosions, for anyone not wise with them, they're amazingly scary. So this guy has flew through the air to our right, about 15 feet. There is acrid smelling smoke filling the air and the mains is kicking off big style, explosions every few seconds and the council workers all kicking into gear, calling the fire brigade, ambulance, checking on their mate etc.. While we just sat there in shock watching it all unfold.
Anyway, he ends up with burns on 75% of his body. Lucky to be alive.
The twunt did knock out the electricity to the entire area though, having finished our freezer pops we went and got our swimming gear and went to the local pool.
They never did finish replacing all the pavement either.
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TN, Thu 3 Nov 2005, 22:52,
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