So today I had nothing to do, and was hanging around the living room at home (school day was a bad one; don't want to think about it). Then I went to one of the windows to enjoy the so-called scenery of the back area of the block of flats (I live in 744; the blocks are 745, 743, 747, 745A (carpark). Then orange light caught my eyes.
No, it wasn't the streetlights (It was around 6pm, and the streetlights wouldn't be on, would they?). It was fire from block 743. I thought the guy in the apartment was cooking and doing the style of cooking where you have the flame above the frying pan. I was wrong when I saw the large fire. Stunned for a moment, I remembered a dream I had last year (I could remember because it was somewhat like a nightmare, but I wasn't concerned). It was one of the lower floor apartment, and one of them caught fire because of the stove. But there was nothing on the stove. Just fire, and people running around in circles in that apartment and screaming for help.
But that was just a dream. This time, it was real. Except that there wasn't anyone running in circles, and the fire seem to come from a pan or wok. The flame was emitting black smoke into the air, but luckily it wasn't thick black smoke. That would have been terrible. But there was still fire, and no one could be seen trying to put the fire out. And I heard people under block 743 trying to check whether there was anyone in that apartment by whistling damn loudly (the entire neighbourhood was damn quiet, so I could hear them speak.
Then I shifted view, and forgot to take a video of the rest of the scene. What happen was, according to my mum (I wasn't wearing my specs), a person came to view and attempted to fight the fire. The fire went down, but did not stop. I squinted while watching, and saw the guy perform the final attempt: he took the pan, and flung the pan at the wall. The fire stopped. Easily seen, because if the fire didn't stop, an orange light would appear from the black window and I heard a breaking sound. And I saw the pan with fire on top move, so definitely someone took the pan.
Then after the fire was put out, the SCDF arrived. Then a police motorcycle. And finally a fire engine truck. But the fire was gone. I managed to take photos of their arrival outside my block, along with a video showing the apartment in flames. Too bad I did not manage to take a photo of the person putting the flames out...
Darrell Tay. 16. Chinese Singaporean. Normal, ordinary guy. Covered by shadows casted by others. Loves my guitar, heavy metal and darkness. Or rather, I've been used to it. You can probably find photos in the archives, but I take no responsibility if your computer screen's damaged. :)
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