Suddenly, while we were watching the match, we heard loud wails. At first, we thought that it was most probably the sound of football fans cheering up on the television. Perhaps someone else was also watching the football finals and was screaming like us, too. However, as the wails grew louder, we realized that it was not something from the television. It was a real scream of panic and fear which were coming from outside. I felt a sudden need to see what was happening there. So, we ran towards the window and peeped through the window pane. There was a commotion outside. Surprisingly, we saw that there was a big fire that broke into Mr. Ramli’s house, which is just the opposite to our house. When we noticed the fire, I immediately called the firemen while my father ran downstairs to help.

Panic-stricken, people staying close to the house were running away from the helter skelter to save themselves. Soon, many people gathered to help, too. The children were filling up the buckets with water from the nearest water pipe while the men were carrying the buckets full of water to douse the house that was on fire. The mother of the children, Mr. Ramli’s wife, was watching while cradling a baby in her arms. Mr. Ramli’s family members and neighbors, including us, helped each other cooperatively to put out the fire.

I was gasping for breath, tired of carrying the buckets full of water.Suddenly,the firemen  came with their big truck and everyone was very grateful because they arrived as early as we did not expect.The firemen took out the host and began to put out the blaze.The fire takes 20 minutes to completely extinguish.Mr.Ramli thanked everyone especially his neighbours for helping him and also to the firemen for the quickly action.Lastly,we went home as it was already midnight.I went to the bed but the accident of that big fire still remembered in my head.