It will never happen to me

Linda Manzano

Mrs. Croker

College Composition 101

March 13, 2012

            I used to think that the odds of my house catching on fire were the same odds of me winning the lottery. I obviously thought that my house would never be in danger of catching on fire or ever catch on fire. I  am careful that when I leave my house. I make sure that my stove is off and that my lamps are off. I have told my children that we need to be careful when we leave our house and make sure we turn everything off. I thought that I did everything possible to avoid a fire and thus a fire could not ever occur at my house. I was terribly wrong because about a month ago my R.V caught on fire and my house literally was only three inches from catching on fire.

            It was late at night and I was getting ready to go to sleep when the lights at my house went on and off. I did not take much notice at the lights turning on and off at my house. Then my son Charlie started to yell and scream and I quicky got up. From my son’s window we could see smoke coming out from our R.V. My family quickly ran outside to see what was going on. My R.V was on fire and my daughter and I quickly yelled out fire. In an instant the R.V caught on fire my daughter Vicky called 911 and I grabbed my house and tried to divert the fire so that my house would not catch on fire. With my hose I put water on the part of the R.V closes to my house and then put water on the wall closes to my R.V.  The fire men came and told me to get away and listened to them. The fire men put out the fire but my R.V was ruined. I learned that there was a short circuit that night at my house and my that was why my R.V caught on fire.  That night I learned that my house could easily catch on fire no matter how hard I tried to avoid it. There are things we cannot control and those things might just cause a fire at anyone’s house. My friends and family could not believe my house almost caught on fire because they know just how cautious I am. My family, friends and even my thoughts have changed on the possibilities of our houses catching on fire.

A picture of what was left of my R.V