Ngentseni yangoMvulo, usapho labane lusinde cebetshu kumlilo wendlu, ngenxa yokungenelela kwangexesha kwabo.i-alarm yomsi. Isiganeko senzeke kwindawo yokuhlala ezolileyo yaseFallowfield, eManchester, xa kwaqhambuka umlilo kwikhitshi yentsapho ngelixa belele.
Malunga nentsimbi ye-2:30 AM, ialam yomsi yasebenza emva kokubona umsi onzima ophuma kwisikhewu sombane kwifriji yosapho. Ngokutsho kwamagosa omlilo, lo mlilo wakhawuleza waqalisa ukunwenwa ekhitshini, yaye ngaphandle kwesilumkiso kwangethuba, kusenokwenzeka ukuba le ntsapho ayizange isinde.
UJohn Carter, utata, ukhumbula ixesha apho i-alarm ikhala. "Sonke sasilele xa ngokukhawuleza i-alarm yaqala ukukhala. Ekuqaleni, ndacinga ukuba yi-alarm yobuxoki, kodwa emva koko ndaphunga umsi. Sakhawuleza ukuvusa abantwana kwaye siphume." Umfazi wakhe, uSarah Carter, wongezelela, "Ngaphandle kwaloo alarm, ngekhe sime apha namhlanje. Sinombulelo kakhulu."
Esi sibini, kunye nabantwana baso ababini, abaneminyaka emi-5 nesi-8 ubudala, bakwazi ukusaba endlwini benxibe iimpahla zokulala, besaba kanye xa amadangatye aqalisa ukugubungela ikhitshi. Ngethuba i-Manchester Fire and Rescue Service yafika, umlilo wawusasazeke kwezinye iindawo zomgangatho ophantsi, kodwa abacimi bomlilo bakwazi ukunqanda umlilo ngaphambi kokuba ufikelele kumagumbi okulala aphezulu.
Inkosi yoMlilo u-Emma Reynolds uncome usapho ngokuba nomsebenziisixhobo somsikwaye babongoze abanye abahlali ukuba bazivavanye rhoqo iialam zabo. "Lo ngumzekelo wencwadi yesikhokelo wendlela i-alam yomsi ebaluleke ngayo ekusindiseni ubomi. Zibonelela ngemizuzu embalwa ebalulekileyo ekufuneka iintsapho zibaleke, "watsho. "Usapho lusebenze ngokukhawuleza kwaye lwaphuma lukhuselekile, yile nto siyicebisayo."
Abaphandi bomlilo baqinisekisile ukuba imbangela yomlilo yayiyingxaki yombane kwifriji, eyayivutha izinto ezikufutshane ezinokutsha. Umonakalo wekhaya ubumkhulu, ingakumbi ekhitshini nakwigumbi lokuhlala, kodwa akukho mntu wonzakeleyo.
Usapho lakwaCarter ngoku luhlala nezalamane ngelixa ikhaya labo lilungiswa. Le ntsapho ivakalise umbulelo ongazenzisiyo kwisebe lezomlilo ngokusabela ngokukhawuleza nangokulumkisa ngomsi ngokubanika ithuba lokubaleka bengenzakalanga.
Esi siganeko sisebenza njengesikhumbuzo esicacileyo kubanikazi bezindlu malunga nokubaluleka kokusindisa ubomi bezixhobo zokujonga umsi. Amagosa okhuseleko lomlilo ancoma ukujonga i-alamu yomsi ngenyanga, ukutshintsha iibhetri ubuncinane kanye ngonyaka, kwaye utshintshe yonke iyunithi yonke iminyaka eyi-10 ukuqinisekisa ukuba zisebenza ngokufanelekileyo.
Inkonzo yoMlilo waseManchester kunye ne-Rescue Service iqalise umkhankaso woluntu emva kwesiganeko sokukhuthaza abahlali ukuba bafake kwaye bagcine i-alamu yomsi emakhaya abo, ngakumbi njengoko iinyanga ezibandayo zisondela, xa iingozi zomlilo zanda.
Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-13-2024
