Fire Is A Good Servant But A Bad Master

We are now experiencing very hot weather. According to Google, we are under 32 degrees Celsius. Wow, it feels like we are under toast. Anyway, since we are now talking about the hot weather, I remember @JonicaBradley Writing Prompt # 29: Fire. As you can see, it is all about fire. I've had my fair share of firefighting experience, so seeing a large fire makes me nervous. 

I don't hate fire. Fire means life, right? But from what I had experienced, it made me terrified of it.

Let's start when I was only 11 years old. I love to cook, so every time my cousins wanted something for snacks, I always volunteered to cook for them. Most of the time, I cooked champorado. Then one time, we ran out of gas, and my Lola told me to use the kerosene stove. I don't know if you are familiar with it, but you can see the photo below as reference.

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So I was busy cooking when I did not notice that the hose got stuck in the pot, and so it melted and the kerosene went out and the fire started to immerse. I was so terrified that I shouted, "Fire, fire, fire!" My Lola almost had a heart attack because of that, and the whole kitchen was almost caught on fire. It's a good thing that our neighbors were fast enough to put out the fire. After that incident, I never dared get close to our kitchen again. It took months before I moved on from that incident, and I never used a kerosene stove again.

The next incident happened when I was cleaning in our backyard at our old house. It was afternoon, and I was busy cleaning our backyard. Our house was surrounded by tall grass and dry leaves because it was summer when it happened. I gathered some dried leaves on one side and put them on fire, but because it was windy, the fire also caught the dried leaves from the vacant lot and created a big fire. It only took a couple of minutes before the whole lot was on fire. I was so terrified that I could not move an inch. Then I heard one of my neighbors shouting at me to run because I might get caught on fire too. My neighbors were already clamoring to put out the fire. There was ongoing construction in the neighboring lot, and the workers also helped to put out the fire. 

When the fire was under control, one of my neighbors, Ate Beth, told me in a funny way, "At least di na mahirapan maglinis yung may-ari ng lote kasi linis na linis na, HAHAHA!

We all laughed after that, but my heart was pounding so hard and I was really trembling. I was happy that no one got hurt and no property was damaged, or else I would be in deep shit.

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I have a few more experiences, but I will share only two. You can join if you want to share your experiences or tell something about fire.

You can join @JonicaBradley Writing Prompt #29: Fire. Here's how;

If you'd like to take part in this prompt, here's how:

1. Join the Promptly Jonica community here

2. Write anything about FIRE

3. Write 100% original content

4. Write at least 600 words for Rusty to be happy

5. Submit your article to PromptlyJonica

6. Tag @JonicaBradley

7. Have fun!

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Date Published: May 25, 2022

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