FIRE IN THE UNIVERSITY !!! RUN RUN RUN !!!

The software mass increases as its release date approaches. This is one of the important law of SE mostly because i have already started to experience that 31^st of this month is coming closer too soon and the mass of remaining work on my SSL project is getting on increasing. This is what keeps me awake in the lab these days till late nights or even till early mornings even thought internet remains down.(internet is a lifeline for us indeed, because of the various e-books and refrence material it provides, nah nah, not because of ORKUT or GMAIL, believe me i stopped telling lies, atleast until i finish this sentence).At about 1:45 i was really feeling sleeping (remember the devil of sleep??? he was back again) so thought of just going to the hostel and coming back. Sudesh and Sudanshu accompanied me.

While we were returning back we saw a huge light, we were a bit surprised but did'nt bother much. Sudesh spotted the tube-lights from the lab flickering and immediately could we hear the security people blowing their whistles trying to convey something, we also did see some students running about but had no idea of what was really going on. When asked one fellow, we were informed that fire had broke out in the campus somewhere near the Zoology Department. So we were running to the point when Sid and Bren came and started telling us about it. They did bring with them Abhi's cell-phone ( and Abhi was sitting in the dark in the lab) and asked me to make a call to the Fire force. We made a call and called the fire brigade and informed the cops as well. We then moved to the point. The underground electric cables which were open had caught fire (due to a power surge might be ).

We added ourself to the group of another 5 to 6 people who were watching the fire, It was a big one indeed. Then came the cops and began asking all the “filmi” questions. ( One cop called me near him and asked how many Jumping Chickens did we catch and i was quick to give him a wrong count ). The fire was not showing any signs of going off but was trying to get bigger and bigger. We were just looking at it ( because we were scared that it might explode any time, it was very close to the big electric box ). The electrician was next to join the group and he tried to do something and manged to bring the fire under control. He also put off the main line so it was really very dark now. At this point of time we could only hear the siren of the fire brigade. ( hmmmmm...... does'nt it sound like a bollywood movie???? yep it does, but its not over yet ).

Then through the darkness comes a big vehicle and we hear the whispers... fire brigade... fire brigade....... but to everybodys surprise it was the vehicle from the electricity department ( who called them ??? ). They were followed by the fire brigade ( at last the long awaited people finally arrived ). Same time i got a call back form the fire force department asking whether that they had already reached to the point and yes was my reply. This call did'nt last for too long ( might be because he called or because i was more curious to see what these fire force personnel were doing ). These people brought out a fire extinguisher and started spraying it on the flames, the extinguisher got over and they were asking for more ( what did they come with ??? ). Sid and Sudanshu ran in one direction, Sudesh in one direction and Brenton in the other and very soon they came with three more fire extinguishers ( believe me these guys seemed more quick then the fire force presonnel and more enthusiastic as well, Brenton was saying he never ran that fast ever before ). They then tried to extinguish the fire, it was good to see the CO2 gas running on the ground and Sid was quick to say “ Hy , now i know how to make smoke on the stage for the next Mute Beat “ ( Mute Beat – something that we are really too good at). The electricity department vehicle which had come went back then. ( Nobody knows why they came and what they did ). The fire extinguisher from our department also got over but the fire was not showing any signs of giving up. Finally they started spraying water and then the fire did dissapear, so they put the pipe back in and were getting ready to go but one of them was not satisfied i guess so he asked them to spray more water and they did that again. Finally it was all over and i had to fill a form for calling the fire brigade and then they left back.

In this entire incident dont you think some people are missing??? yes, i'm talking about the security personnel, we did'nt see many of them over there ( only 2 to be precise ). Where were they ??? ( lets avoid this, they would'nt have done anything better). But not to forget the charging lamp from our department, it also played an important role. It was the major source of light there. Its really doing a good job these days. All -in-all it was a great experience for us. We enjoyed it a lot . ( Don't know if i should have really said the last sentence)