We were on our way home now and I noticed a black fog in the sky. I
thought the fog was just someone barbecuing but I learned otherwise later. We
gradually got closer to my house, and we heard firefighter sirens rushing towards
my neighborhood, and the black fog in the sky seemed to get darker. I could
smell something burning when my mom rolled the window down a little, and we
could see it was our house that was on fire. My mom seemed to panic as if she
was on fire. We started running and asked the fireman to see if everything was
alright.
“Just the walls
and whatever was in
the oven,” he said.
Another firefighter stepped in and
said, “It was just a
shortage in your oven,
you should report this
to your landlord and
he‟ll fix the damages.”
“Okay,” my mom
said as she walked back
to the car to give me
the news.
She told me nothing was damaged except for the kitchen and the landlord
was going to fix the damages. We spent a few nights at my grandparent‟s house
as the damages were being fixed. We later returned to our house that week, and
never had any problems after that.
I remember how strong the smell of the smoke was. And I now realize you
should never leave electronics running unattended. I used to act careless about
leaving electronic running, but now I turn everything off when I leave the house
because I don‟t want any accidents happening anytime soon. I also learned that
being safe in one moment can save you the next.
Teacher: Mariano Ramos
Culinary Arts AM
Fall 2009
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