if u woke up in the middle of the night and realized ur house was on fire,....

@fifileigh (3615)
United States
November 30, 2008 5:41am CST
you had time to save something and get out fast, what would you save? i would grab my purse, cat and goldfish tank, park my car not near the house, but close enough to walk back to try to salvage my house by turning the water hose on the house and trying to take out the fire. i would call fire department on my cell phone before i tried to do it myself until they arrived.
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13 responses
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
19 Dec 09
Hi fifileigh, if the situation of fire is not that severe I will call the fire department first. I then will wake up my husband and his sister if they are still in their dream. We don’t keep any pet at present, so I don’t have such worry. What I worry most is I have to make sure that my purse with all the essential stuffs like ID and credit cards, driver license and money is in my jeans pocket. We could hardly live without these things, especially when we have lost everything If I still have time I will take my cellphone as well as my digital camera. Cellphone is the important device to keep contact with our loved ones and friends. I will capture the situation of the on fire house and any unique scenes using the camera Take care and happy posting
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
12 Dec 09
If this happened, I would take my my bank card, ID card, and my laptop first as they are more important to me. Of course I would ask my wife to make a call to the fire brigade to come for help. Like you, I would use the fire extinguisher to put out the fire by myself in a safe way.
@balasri (26537)
• India
27 Nov 09
I would grab my wife and daughter with both of my hands and flee the scene.I would be the happiest person in the world with them with me instead of those material things which can be had anytime in my life.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
4 Nov 09
Hello fifileigh. I think that I would take my new laptop with me as it is my favorite gadget in the house. I have thousands of photos in it. I cannot suffer the loss of it. Those photos remind me of my good memories to the past...
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
16 Feb 09
the first thing i would do is waking up my hsband then i run to my little girls room and grab her.i dont care all the stuff i care only the life because this is more precious than anay fancy stuff.the fancy stuff we can buy but the life uf human not
@haiershen (1080)
• China
5 Nov 09
first,make sure is there any person in the hourse? no thing is great than life.then i would like choose my purse and credit card and other important things.such as photos,toys and others.every family have those thing,it seems no value,but there are track our past life or only a memorial.good luck and have a nice day!
@riyasam (16556)
• India
9 Feb 09
i would try to save my documents(certificates)of educational value aside from my family members .if there is some more time,i would like to save any articles of monetary value.
@mone101 (138)
• India
9 Feb 09
well that would be really very terrifying to me..! well if this really happens ,(pray to god it does'nt happens)i would first of ll look for my family members ,they are alright or in some danger.. then i would try to escape from my house with all the members..from the back door of our home.. then ill call for a help...fire bridged or something to save my rest of the house..
@poohgal (6845)
• Singapore
17 Dec 08
I'll check out my parents and brother first and make sure they are safe. Then I'll grab any cloth and wet it (hopefully there are water around). I'll use it to cover our mouths. Then of course, call for the fire department.
@arunmails (3011)
• India
30 Nov 08
why you are like this????? why our house should burn????? even if it gets burn, we cannot remember what we say now...... coz of fear and we will hurry in saving our children, parents, wife thats it......
@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
8 Feb 09
Wow great disussion.I think I would grab my laptop and my bag with personal documents like my passport and birth paper.If I had time to salvage other things I would go for stereo ,my microwave and some of my clothes .Other than that I would run for my life and never look back
@mami24 (2)
• United States
1 Dec 08
this is a difficult question because something like this happens the first thing that you think about is getting out and saving yourself, but if i could save something would be my jewelry. which i dont have much but what i do have is very valuable.
• Malaysia
7 Feb 09
i woke up my family members, grab all the important stuff like ic,bank card,grab all my cats and kittens.went to a safe place with them.and waiting for help. imsure my brothers and cousin will try to stop the fire. been through this experience before..its kinda freak me out sometimes..