Cambodia Chronicles : FIRE!!! I Awoke To The Sound Of Fire Engines Screaming To a Halt Outside My Building!!
I woke up to the sound of fire engines roaring past my building. This is not unusual as the fire station is just 500 meters from my house but this time the fire engines stopped right outside my place. There was a huge blaze outside in the street, between two building and many people were gathered there!
The fire raged fiercely and in the end three houses were burnt to cinders and another three houses were badly damaged. I have not been able to find out the cause of the fire yet but will be asking around tomorrow!
I wanted to write a post about why I voted for @teamsteem and I told him it wasn't necessary to vote for the post - I just wanted to thank him for his assistance and friendship! His reply was: "just use the money to help Cambodians! Perhaps these poor people who have lost their houses would be worthy recipients of this money! I will speak to the community tomorrow! 😃
There were two things that were interesting about this fire:
The Cambodians were out in force and the sense of distress at not being able to help more was palpable within the community!
The fire engines were all made in China with Chinese writing on them!
The fire is out now but the sense of strangeness in my street is everywhere! All the shops are shut!
Here is some photos of the blaze!
These photos were supplied to me by my good Steemit friend @mbalance !
Tragic as this fire was it was amazing to see the Cambodian's mobilise as a community. Something we see less and less in the west!
Go Cambodia!
Jockey loves you All and is glad nobody was hurt in this fire!
where abouts in cambodia? I'm touring through at the moment - Siem Reap
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Yaaaaaay! Another Steemian in Cambodia! I've been helping a few people get on but not met anyone who is just on the road like me! I'm in PP but need to do a tour of the country soon! There is a spare bedroom here for you if you are passing through PP mate! Go Cambodia I am loving it here! Let me know when you are around! Feel free to message me on steemit.chat any time! Great name and tagline! Followed and UPvoted with pleasure! =)
coool to connect @jockey
will have to follow up on steemit chat
i've toured into province of kratie at the moment...had to take a boat across the river.
:)
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Seems like a lot of opportunities here in cambodia to leap frog many of the locals with the tech available.
If you can get a little bit of relief for such an horrible situation these guys are going through sure everything we can do will help.
Steem oh Steem.... we can change lives with Steem! Wonderful comment! UPvoted! =) x
how does the fire started? accident? firework?
Not sure yet mate! I'm going to go and make an investigation today see what I can learn! =)
Crazy bro. Glad everyone is alright.
Thanks mate! A resteem would be delightfully naughty Sammy! =) x
Yeah, you know the score. Just hoping the usual suspects spot my latest one first! Things have been a bit dry recently...
Ah fuck it... resteeming now :)
No worries or stress brother... resteem whenever or not at all. You know my attitude... chill, chill, chill. Life is too short to worry or be angry! I love you! Look after your family first! =) x