Just a while back my youngest daughter and I (the two older ones are vacationing with my parents in the province) were happily playing around, the TV turned on in the background. When my husband went out of the bedroom, I thought he was annoyed because we were noisy. But I was puzzled because it was noisy outside, there were lots of voices, of people talking and sounds of motorcycles as well as tricycles. It was unusual because it was already around 9:30pm. I got an sms from my neighbor, “Julie, may sunog sa Road 5. Wala ba kayo?” (Julie, a house is on fire over at Road 5? Are you not home?). Now, that is definitely heart-stopping because we live on Road 6. I quickly ran out the bedroom and looked for my husband. When I opened the kitchen door, I saw this.
DH Brian was outside. There were a lot of people on the streets, lining up, waiting for the fire trucks to arrive. I was starting to panic because I hear no sounds of sirens. Although it was obvious to me that the fire was on the other side of Road5, which is along the river which means a lot, a whole lotta shanties have been built there not from our block, still it was giving me an unsettling feeling. I quickly went back inside the house, called up the Police Hotline. Operator said they have already been contacted and help was on the way. I put Tania back in the bedroom after she asked to look outside the door and told her to stay put. I went to look for my husband who was with the throng of people. Hmm… this has been turned into a circus, there couldn’t have been this many people living where we are. Its like a fiesta out there! Anyway, after a few minutes, sirens can be heard from a distance. The people started to move away from the streets. Whatdayyaknow, all the fire trucks I saw were mostly volunteer firetrucks! Some even came as far away as Divisoria!
This was when I went to look for hubby and managed to glimpse the burning house, after an explosion was heard. Can you see the silhouette of people’s heads?
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