Kungani kubaluleke kangaka ukufaka i-alamu yentuthu ekhaya?

Cishe ngo-2:30 AM, i-alamu yentuthu yasebenza ngemva kokuthola intuthu enkulu ephuma kumshini kagesi esiqandisini somndeni. Ngokusho kwabezicishamlilo, umlilo usheshe waqala ukubhebhetheka ekhishini, kanti ngaphandle kwesixwayiso kusenesikhathi, kungenzeka ukuthi umndeni awusindanga.

UJohn Carter, ubaba, ukhumbula ngesikhathi kukhala i-alamu. "Sasilele sonke ngesikhathi kungazelelwe kukhala i-alamu. Ngaqale ngacabanga ukuthi i-alamu yamanga, kodwa ngase ngizwa iphunga lentuthu. Saphuthuma ukuvusa izingane futhi saphuma." Umkakhe, uSarah Carter, wanezela, "Ngaphandle kwaleyo alamu, ngabe asikho lapha namuhla. Siyabonga kakhulu."

Laba bashadikazi, kanye nezingane zabo ezimbili ezineminyaka engu-5 no-8 ubudala, bakwazile ukubaleka endlini begqoke izingubo zokulala, babaleka ngesikhathi ilangabi liqala ukungqongqa ikhishi. Ngesikhathi kufika abe-Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, umlilo wawusudlulele kwezinye izingxenye zesitezi esingaphansi, kodwa izicishamlilo zikwazile ukuwunqanda lo mlilo ngaphambi kokuba ufinyelele emakamelweni aphezulu.

Isikhulu sezomlilo u-Emma Reynolds uncome umndeni ngokuba nomsebenziumtshina wokubhemafuthi unxuse nezinye izakhamuzi ukuthi zihlale zihlola ama-alamu azo. "Lesi isibonelo sezincwadi zendlela ama-alamu entuthu abaluleke ngayo ekusindiseni izimpilo zabantu. Anikeza imizuzu embalwa ebalulekile imindeni edinga ukubaleka," esho. "Umndeni usebenze ngokushesha waphuma ngokuphepha, okuyikhona kanye esikweluleka ngakho."

Abaphenyi bomlilo bakuqinisekisile ukuthi imbangela yomlilo wukungasebenzi kahle kukagesi esiqandisini, okhele izinto ezisha eziseduze. Umonakalo owenzeke kulo muzi ubumkhulu, ikakhulukazi ekhishini nasendlini yokuphumula, kodwa akubikwanga muntu olimele.

Umndeni wakwaCarter okwamanje uhlala nezihlobo ngesikhathi ikhaya labo lilungiswa. Umndeni ubonge kakhulu abezicishamlilo ngokusabela kwabo ngokushesha nangokukhala kwentuthu ngokubanikeza ithuba lokubaleka bengalimalanga.

Lesi sigameko sisebenza njengesikhumbuzo esiqinile kubanikazi bezindlu mayelana nokubaluleka okusindisa ukuphila kwemishini yokuthungatha intuthu. Izikhulu zokuphepha komlilo zitusa ukuhlola ama-alamu entuthu nyanga zonke, ukushintsha amabhethri okungenani kanye ngonyaka, futhi kushintshwe yonke iyunithi njalo ngemva kweminyaka eyi-10 ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ayasebenza.

I-Manchester Fire and Rescue Service yethule umkhankaso womphakathi kulandela lesi sigameko ukuze ikhuthaze izakhamuzi ukuthi zifake futhi zigcine ama-alamu entuthu ezindlini zazo, ikakhulukazi njengoba kusondela izinyanga ezibandayo, lapho izingozi zomlilo zanda.