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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Grill + Gas leak= Very bad thing.Today, my father was trying to light the grill, but for some reason it wasn't working, so I went to help out. Someone had moved it, and now the flames wouldn't get more than an inch high, no matter how much gas was coming out. So, he told me to lean over the grill. I should've decided against it, but I did.
So, I was leaning over the grill watching the little flames that weren't getting any bigger, when my dad, in a moment of stupidity, turns the nozzle all the way. It turned out something was already cracked and gas was leaking, and it finally sparked. So, with the gas on full-blast, massive flames shoot up from the grill, and not just on the cooking surface but all over it, singing my face and shirt, and all the hair off of his arm, which had been under it.
What followed was a "Run away! Run away!" moment trying to escape the grill-fireball that was probably going to explode, and there was much tripping over plants and garden hoses. Eventually the fire went out and the grill didn't explode, but it did make a nice fireball. My shirt is ruined.
(, Mon 7 Nov 2005, 0:58, Reply)
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