Upon hearing the word "fire," a strange light flashed in Jiang Si's eyes, and she immediately ran towards the direction of the fire.
Those rushing over only felt a blur flash past them.
The fire started on the third floor of Building 18, where a retired teacher ran a small after-school tutoring class at home.
Many residents in the community are dual-income families with no elderly relatives to care for them. Since elementary school ends early, some of them temporarily leave their children with Teacher Deng.
Although it's not entirely legal, it solves the parents' immediate problem, so everyone turns a blind eye.
Thick smoke billowed from the scene, and flames could be seen shooting into the sky from below, creating an eerie contrast with the thin light filtering through the setting sun.
The third-floor balcony is enclosed by invisible security grilles to prevent children from falling. It has an escape window, but it's locked with a large iron chain, and the key is missing, rendering it useless.
There were seven or eight children inside the burning unit, most of them in the first or second grade of elementary school. They were trapped on the balcony. Some of them were taller and were holding onto the balcony railing, shaking it desperately and crying, but the railing remained unmoved.
The child's innocent and heart-wrenching cries echoed throughout the neighborhood, breaking everyone's hearts.
Sparks were constantly emerging from the scene. The fire department had been notified, but the fire was spreading too rapidly and could cause irreparable damage in just one or two minutes.
The crowd had already begun their own rescue efforts, but lacking equipment and located on the third floor, the rescue was extremely difficult.
Someone was renovating in the community, so he immediately brought cutting tools, intending to smash open the gate. However, the steel gate was too hard, and it was no use. Hearing the gradually weakening cries from inside the gate, the big man who was helping could only shed tears as he futilely smashed the unmoving gate.
If the gate is already this hot, you can imagine how high the temperature inside must be. I'm afraid things are probably going to turn out badly.
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