Chapter 125: Fire Escape
When the avenue was finally open to traffic, it was almost nine o’clock in the evening when Dunning drove back home.

She had a very tiring day today. She had to get up early to go to work and then had a car accident. She was exhausted now.

The only surprise in her heart also disappeared when she handed the flaming goldfish to the middle-aged woman.

When I got home, I didn’t even want to eat. I just hung my bag at the entrance and went into the bathroom to wash up.

Dunning quickly tidied himself up, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

When Dunning regained some consciousness, she vaguely heard cries for help and screams from downstairs.

She felt her throat was dry, her head was dizzy and she felt nauseous, and she thought she had a fever because she was frightened at night.

I picked up my phone, opened it, and suddenly realized it was only two in the morning.

At this time, there were still crying sounds coming from downstairs, louder and louder, making her very upset.

Who is this? Are you sick? Why are you doing this so late at night?

Just when I was about to ask in the group who was so annoying, as soon as I connected to the Internet, a flood of messages popped up in the group.

Many people in the owners’ group were saying that there was a fire, and the screen was full of notifications saying that the basement was on fire and now the fire had spread to the fourth floor.

The property management also issued a notice a few minutes ago, asking people in Building 13 to escape quickly.

Building 13 is on fire?
Dunning suddenly came to her senses. Wasn’t this her unit? How could it be on fire?
The fire had already reached the 4th floor, and she was on the th floor. If it continued to burn, it would soon reach her.

He rolled over, turned on the bedside lamp, got up, put on his shoes, hurriedly put on his clothes, opened the door and ran to the living room.

As soon as the door was opened, thick smoke rolled in and there was no light at all in the house. It was so dark that you couldn’t see your hand in front of you.

In the past, you could see a little moonlight from the window outside the living room, but now even that light is gone, and the room is completely covered in black smoke inside and out.

Dunning managed to identify the direction, ran to the kitchen, got out a towel and wet it, then covered his mouth and nose with it and groped his way towards the door.

Dunning swore that she had never felt her home so disorganized.

It was only a few steps from the kitchen to the front door, and she couldn’t count how many times she tripped.

After finally touching the door handle, I put my palm on it and was severely burned by the handle.

She quickly placed her scalded palms on a wet towel to relieve the pain and forced her eyes open to determine the condition of the door lock.

The house uses old-fashioned door handles, the iron handles have been deformed by the high temperature, and smoke is rushing in from the gaps in the door and windows.

Dunning was a little panicked. He covered his mouth and nose and squatted in the aisle, feeling a little at a loss.

She usually watched videos on how to escape when a fire breaks out, but when the critical moment came, she forgot all the means of escape and just ran outside.

Now that the door can’t be opened, what should she do?
The black smoke became more and more, and his head gradually became a little dizzy. Dunning pinched himself forcefully to keep himself awake.

No, no, I can’t faint. If I faint, I won’t be able to escape tonight.

With such a big fire, if you don’t get burned to death, you will be choked to death.

Dunning couldn’t see anything, so he could only use one hand to feel around on the ground.

She remembered that she bought a hammer last year and placed it next to the shoe cabinet after using it. If she could smash the door handle open, she could still escape and have a chance of survival.

Deng Ning was lying on the ground, feeling around. His cell phone was vibrating with messages. The property management started calling every household to tell people to run away.

Neighbors who escaped reported that the fire had reached the sixth floor and that if they didn’t run faster, they would be stuck. Dunning was so anxious that he cried as he touched the door. “I clearly remember it was here. How could it be gone? Help! I don’t want to die.”

When she was close to despair, she finally touched the hammer. She quickly stood up with the hammer and smashed the door handle with it.

The door handle was burned and deformed, hanging on the door in a twisted state. She had to use a lot of strength to break the door lock.

Dunning kicked the door open and suddenly realized that the situation in the corridor was even worse than he had imagined.

The high temperature stopped her in her tracks, and the gas, which was more pungent than the gas in the room, rushed into her nose frantically. Even though she covered her mouth and nose with a wet towel, she still couldn’t stop the gas from eroding every one of her organs.

When Dunning was taking a breath, she accidentally inhaled a mouthful of black smoke, which immediately choked her and made her cough.

But she didn’t bother to stay here any longer. She grabbed a canvas bag from the entrance, put a wet towel in the middle of the bag, and completely covered her mouth and nose before running towards the escape passage.

Unable to see any route clearly, Dunning could only rely on his memory to determine where the escape route was.

Fortunately, she had been climbing stairs to and from get off work every day in order to lose weight, so she could still estimate how far the escape route was.

She counted her steps one by one, and touched the wall regardless of the heat, relying on the wall to guide her.

She remembered a sentence in the escape guide that said if you couldn’t find the escape route during a fire, you just needed to run holding onto the wall and you would definitely find the passage and run out.

Sure enough, after walking about ten steps, I touched a wooden door frame.

There were several gusts of wind blowing from the left, and Dunning quickly pushed the door open and went into the stairwell.

She didn’t know whether the neighbors on their floor had escaped. Anyway, she didn’t hear any movement in the few minutes since she came out.

I just pray that the neighbors have all escaped, otherwise the casualties would be too tragic.

Dunning didn’t dare touch the railing of the stairwell again. The fire was probably about to spread to the seventh floor, which was only one floor away from her.

She walked along the wall and staggered down to the seventh floor with difficulty.

As soon as she turned the corner, she saw an orange-yellow flame appear in her sight, but she did not dare to stop at all. She could only endure the pain in her body and continue running down.

It seemed like someone had run in front of the stairwell, and it became increasingly difficult for Dunning to go down the stairs. The person in front of him had brought something with him, and it fell all over the stairwell.

Because of obstructed vision, when Deng Ning ran to the sixth floor, he accidentally stepped on a stick, stumbled and lost his balance in an instant.

Fortunately, she grabbed the railing in time and did not fall down the stairs.

This grab caused her left hand to feel a sharp pain again, and there was a faint smell of burning in the air.

The bag she used to cover her mouth and nose fell at her feet.

From the dim light, it seemed that a plastic bag had fallen out of the bag and was scratched by the debris on the ground. The liquid inside spilled all over the floor, and some of it splashed on her calves.

Is it a plastic bag?
Dunning glanced at it quickly and remembered that it was a plastic bag that the middle-aged woman had casually stuffed into her hand.

The middle-aged woman left in a hurry and didn’t say what it was. She was also in a hurry to go home, so she didn’t look at what was in the plastic bag. She just stuffed it into her bag and didn’t pay any more attention to it.

Now it seems that there is still water in this plastic bag? If there is water, I can get another towel.

Before Dunning could take a closer look, he heard some movement from the plastic bag.

(End of this chapter)