Keep Flammable Materials In Secure Locations
It seems like the words emergency and panic seem to go
hand in hand. Whenever there's an emergency, people often panic and when
they do, they can make life threatening choices. I would like to give
you a few suggestions on how you can avoid problems like this in the
future, simply by keeping the flammable products securely locked up.
When I was about 12 years old, I was cleaning up a mess in my garage
with gasoline. I watched my dad's friend do this and understood that
gasoline was an excellent concrete cleaner. I might not have been the
smartest kid in the neighborhood, and what I was going to do next, could
have easily went in the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the
most stupid things, anyone could have done.
I guess I should mention that I was cleaning the garage floor, with the
large garage doors shut. I should also mention that it was locked from
the outside. I was in an enclosed environment, with gas fumes and
gasoline spread out all over the concrete floor.
After I cleaned to the garage floor and there wasn't much gasoline left
on it and I was tired of cleaning, I chose to light the gasoline on
fire. Like I said earlier, this wasn't one of the bright periods in my
life.
Immediately the gasoline went up into flames that I were out of my
control. I ran into the house and got the key to the garage door and
opened it up as fast as I could, this was mistake number two. This
allowed plenty of fresh air to get into the garage and fresh air only
makes the fire bigger.
As luck sometimes works in our favor, my neighbor across the street was
washing his car and immediately came over to help me put the fire out.
We grabbed the garden hose and within a few minutes and distinguished
the entire fire. I probably could've put the fire out on my own, but was
eternally grateful for my neighbor's assistance.
The moral to the story is,” Try to keep flammable products like gasoline
locked up securely.” Sometimes with a little common sense and a few
safety tips, people like us can save lives. Send this article to all of
your friends and family.