Emahoreni okuqala ngoMsombuluko ekuseni, umndeni wabantu abane usinde ngokulambisa emlilweni wendlu ongase ubulale, ngenxa yokungenelela kwabo ngesikhathi esifanele.i-alamu yomusiLesi sigameko senzeke endaweni yokuhlala ethule yaseFallowfield, eManchester, lapho kuqubuka umlilo ekhishini lomndeni ngesikhathi belele.
Cishe ngo-2:30 ekuseni, i-alamu yentuthu yasebenza ngemuva kokubona intuthu enkulu ephuma ku-electric short esiqandisini somndeni. Ngokusho kwezikhulu zomlilo, umlilo waqala ukusabalala ngokushesha ekhishini, futhi ngaphandle kwesixwayiso sasekuseni, umndeni kungenzeka ukuthi awuzange usinde.
UJohn Carter, ubaba, ukhumbula ngesikhathi i-alamu ikhala. "Sonke sasilele lapho i-alamu iqala ukukhala ngokuzumayo. Ekuqaleni, ngangicabanga ukuthi i-alamu engamanga, kodwa ngabe sengiphunga intuthu. Saphuthuma ukuyovusa izingane bese siphuma." Umkakhe, uSarah Carter, wanezela, "Ngaphandle kwaleyo alamu, besingeke sime lapha namuhla. Sibonga kakhulu."
Lo mbhangqwana, kanye nezingane zabo ezimbili, ezineminyaka engu-5 nengu-8 ubudala, bakwazile ukubaleka endlini begqoke amapijama abo, babaleka ngesikhathi ilangabi liqala ukusha ekhishini. Ngesikhathi kufika i-Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, umlilo wawususakazekele kwezinye izingxenye zesitezi esiphansi, kodwa abacishi bomlilo bakwazile ukuwuvimba umlilo ngaphambi kokuba ufike emakamelweni okulala aphezulu.
Inhloko yoMlilo u-Emma Reynolds uncome umndeni ngokuba nomsebenzi osebenzayoisitholi sentuthufuthi wanxusa ezinye izakhamuzi ukuthi zihlole njalo ama-alamu azo. "Lesi yisibonelo sencwadi esifundisayo sokuthi ama-alamu omusi abaluleke kangakanani ekusindiseni izimpilo. Anikeza imizuzu embalwa ebalulekile imindeni eyidingayo ukuze ibaleke," esho. "Umndeni uthathe isinyathelo ngokushesha waphuma uphephile, okuyikho kanye esikwelulekayo."
Abaphenyi bomlilo baqinisekisile ukuthi imbangela yomlilo kwakuwukungasebenzi kahle kukagesi esiqandisini, okwakushise izinto ezivuthayo eziseduze. Umonakalo wendlu wawumkhulu, ikakhulukazi ekhishini nasegumbini lokuphumula, kodwa akukho ukulimala okubikiwe.
Umndeni wakwaCarter okwamanje uhlala nezihlobo ngenkathi ikhaya labo lilungiswa. Umndeni ubonge kakhulu umnyango wezomlilo ngokuphendula kwawo ngokushesha kanye ne-alamu yomusi ngokubanika ithuba lokubaleka bengalimalanga.
Lesi sigameko sikhumbuza abanikazi bezindlu ngokubaluleka kokusindisa impilo kwemishini yokuhlola intuthu. Izikhulu zokuphepha komlilo zincoma ukuhlola ama-alamu entuthu nyanga zonke, ukushintsha amabhethri okungenani kanye ngonyaka, nokushintsha yonke iyunithi njalo eminyakeni eyi-10 ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isebenza kahle.
I-Manchester Fire and Rescue Service iqalise umkhankaso womphakathi ngemuva kwalesi sigameko ukukhuthaza izakhamuzi ukuthi zifake futhi zigcine ama-alamu omusi emakhaya azo, ikakhulukazi njengoba izinyanga ezibandayo zisondela, lapho izingozi zomlilo zanda khona.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Septhemba 13-2024