Fire! Fire!

What a fateful day! I was attending an in-house training when my thoughts were broken by the sounds of siren. Instead of fading away, the sound became louder and more sirens were sounded. Only when a colleague called us up did we realise that there was an emergency situation right opposite our office building!!

As with the nature of Malaysians (read: k-p-c), I ran excitedly towards the nearest window to catch a glimpse of the happenings and conveniently forgot to bring my digicam along. It was only later did I realise that I am missing out on some phototaking opportunities; but by then everyone's heartbeat has already steadied..


So it was a goldsmith shop on fire! At first the 'spectators' gathered around the burning building, some just meters away from it, oblivious to the dangers that they were exposed to. Luckily the police came soon afterwards and sealed off the area with their yellow tapes.


The roof tiles exploded towards the sky and quickly the fire spread towards the 1st floor windows..


Hey, pass me the pipe quick!


A fire engine came and raced to the backlane..


Dousing the flames...