A fire accident

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Three weeks ago, for the first time, I saw a car on fire. It was my dad's car.

It was after a church program this faithful evening. After the grace, as usual, everyone will go home. I was already sitting in the car with father, and two other church members,one with a baby. We were waiting for my mum to join us. My father was already Furious, and threatened to leave my mum if she does join us. I quickly sent one of my babies to call my mum. I sat in the car and immediately my father started the car, it caught fire.

Yes! Real fire. I was scared, everyone was. I was already in a panic mode, someone shouted that we should come out. How I was able to jump out of the car, I don't understand. It was like a movie.

Everyone was screaming. Unfortunately, none of the other car owners had a fire extinguisher. There was a brand new car parked behind our car, to avoid damage, the car was somehow reversed to a safe place.

More than Six minutes, the fire could not be quenched, it continued to rage. It was a beautiful fire. Someone suggested that the car should be pushed and after it was pushed, we saw fire already burning underneath the car.

It was a scary scene. Thanks to the houses nearby, they intervened by pouring a mixture of soap and water. It was poured on the car twice before the fire finally died down. It was a moment of rejoicing and testimony for us.

People said, assuming we were already in motion, the car would have locked itself immediately it caught fire and would probably be choked by the smoke come mg from the car.

I was more than shocked, I was standing in a corner, shivering, unable to make a coherent statement. The thought of death scared me to my bones. Death felt so real, that moment. For days, I could not sleep after that. I had to use sleeping pills for almost a week.

It was a terrible week for me. It was difficult to eat, and I kept replaying the incident in my head.

Now, what did I learn from this?

As a car owner, it's important to have fire extinguisher in your car, anything can happen. The damage to my dad's car would be less assuming there was a fire extinguisher. And, oh, the car was already beyond repair. It can be repaired, but the cost is huge. The car was sold just last week.

it's kind of hard for my family this time. My parents work in the neighbouring town,now, they have to pair with workers like them who owns a car to get to work.

One more time, it is highly important to keep a fire extinguisher in your car and also check your car for any threats or fault.

Thanks for reading.

Have a blessed month,guys.