Learn English with this safety English lesson

Julito, what an awful tragedy that was man-caused.:(

Baset, the story you told confirmed strongly how dangerous fire could be. I have never seen such a terrible fire and I can imagine what those people felt. :(

I’m afraid of fire independently if it’s of an accidental or natural origin.

In a hot summer we have this problem in the countryside. The only match thrown down carelessly  can be the reason of a huge fire in the outskirts or in the woods. When I see flames of fire in the fields just next to my house, I’m awfully scared because fire brigades don’t always come to put it out. Very often the owners of the houses do this necessary job themselves. I have done it too. So I have experience in it. I can’t see when trees are in fire. They are alive like people.:(

As  for my city flat, I’m also very anxious because there were a few incidents in my city when gas cookers burst out and the buildings were broken. There were also  people  injured and dead after that tragedy.

  Old lonely people living in the multystoried buildings can make a tiny mistake while using gas and… it can cause a big problem. I had such a woman next door. But even young people can be not careful enough.

So the verdict is BE CAREFUL WITH FIRE!

it is really wonderful lesson.. I remamber when i was child our Kitchen fan was fire and as you Know in the past most of houses don’t have fire extinguisher .so what we do is run to the bathroom and use the water to stop the fire.

so i think every house should have fire extinguisher .. because we don’t know when it will fire or how..^^

Fire’s make person really very scary,people lost their senses.

They need alot of time to recover.

Finally I see your comments again (Joy 900 and The Last Loke).I,m very glad you,ve come back with your sparkling,interesting,funny stories and conversations.You had a long break…

All the best,have a wonderful time here and in your real world too!

Baset : very well , now 6:00 am in sana’a , stop working , go to ur home , slow down when u r driving and have a sweet dreams !

by the way : today is friday : you must be off !

Joy : Accidents at home can take place in any part of the home, in the drawing room, bathroom, bedroom or kitchen.

Baset : but Dr. said u should stop working at night and u at least u need 2 weeks to take a rest !

Baset : my last Q is :

U said , once fire  is out of control, it will destroy lives and property at speed.

 How do you keep your home or business safe from fires?

Yes, fires makes me afraid of that. In Peru there was something like that in Lima some days before Christmas or New Year Eve I do not remember. The curios is that day I was walking near that place trying to buy something and looking for my father who has dissapeared 10 minutes before. I did not know what to do turn right or left so I decided to turn left and go home I was late. I arrived home, then I turned Tv on, watched the news and what has happened: that place has been burned because of fireworks which some people sell near there and many people died.

Joy : i’m in the company !

Baset : by the way : where r u now ? in your home or in your company ??

Joy : 10 min. i’m dealing wth my friends now ! 

Joy : in fact , this is a huge Q , but in a few lines :

How people first used fire is still unknown; In early days, people did not cook food. They ate everything raw, including meat and fish. But the discovery of fire changed the way of eating food completely. They cooked food. The  people soon found that cooked food was more delicious. Fire became an important thing since then.

Moreover, fire gave the early people warmth and light. Even in there scanty clothes people could keep themselves warm in caves on rainy or cold nights. Caves were no longer dark. They could move about freely in the dark night. Besides, fire gave him protection from wild beast. Consequently, life was more secure than it had been. In fact, fire, like water and air, became indispensable to people. Today, we use fire for a variety of purposes. We use it even to operate machinery to produce goods.

However fire has to be kept under strict control. Once it is out of control, it will destroy lives and property at speed. The world has lost things worth billions of dollars because of fire. It is claimed that thousands of acres of forest was burned for growing crops.

On the other hand, fire has been used by people, especially of the modern age to destroy people. In the past, fire itself was used in the battles to fight against enemy. Even today, thousands of people in many parts of the world are being destroyed by fire.

BASET :

Can you tell me advantages and disadvantages of fire ?

Joy ;

Yes ! i afraid of fire ! But let me tell you that Fire has advantages and disadvantages  !!

Baset :

Are you afraid of fires?

Joy : good morning !

In India, one night my sleep was suddenly disturbed by shouts of fire. I ran out of my house to find out what had happened.

I then saw a four-storeyed building on fire. Many people were screaming inside the building, and many were rushing out of it. Two women were so desperate that they tried to jump down through the windows; but they were pulled back by others inside the building.

Soon three fire-engines arrived, and the fire men began to work immediately. They threw a lot of water on to the building with the hoses of the fire-engines.

At last, after several hours, the fire was put out. By now some people were already burnt to death. Others were in a state of shock.

Soon two ambulances arrived and took the dead and the injured to the hospital. The police too arrived shortly to do what was necessary.

I felt very sad after this incident.

Baset : GOOD MORNING !

Have you ever seen A fire in  building ?

I work in a refinery, producing gasoline and kitchen gas, so I have faced some fires since I started working here…. we have to be prepared for this terrible situation, and we practice firefighting periodically….. there were two occasions with fire in 2012, and we were successful on puting the fire off…..thanks God.

The biggest fire I faced were in 2004 and it took 40 minutes to be extinguished. Nobody was hurt. In 1998 one worker died due fire. I wasn´t working that day.

Six years ago in Buenos Aires, a deadly fire  killed 194 youngters and injured 1432  more   . The tragedy happened when  fans of a rock group  set off  inside the venue bengal flares that ignited  foam decorations  that were hanging from the ceiling .Most of them died from inhaling poisonous gases ,not by burns.  In the aftermath of the tragedy,there were strong acusations  against the owner of the  disco  that  out of greediness oversold tickets to the concert ,to the rock band  and municipal inspectors that should had overlooked that  the  place is  safe and up-to-code .The owner was sent to prison  but what about the pain of Moms and Dads , brothers and sisters that  will not see  their loved ones again. To set off bengal flares  in a packed in place is a barbaric act  ,shame on the people responsible for this.