Two Fires and I was there
I was on the 4th Ring Road on my way to Avenues for lunch today when I spotted a large cloud of smoke in the distance. I kept driving towards it past Al-Rai until just before the roundabout at the end of the 4th Ring Road I spotted the source of the smoke. There was a large fire at a construction site. I parked my car on the side and managed to shoot a video of it with my BlackBerry which you can watch above. [YouTube]
Now later in the day around 4:30pm I was on my way to Bin Khaldoun street in Hawalli to buy some computer speakers (which I will post about later) when I spotted another fire. There was a black parked Jeep that caught fire and then the two cars parked next to it also caught fire. I was there before the fire trucks came and was able to capture all of it on my Sony camera. I would have gotten closer but I’ve watched too many movies and a car on fire always ends up in a large explosion so I kept my distance. Its a good quality video and you can watch that above. Below is a picture showing how the fire damaged the three cars. [YouTube]
Print
Email
Related Entries
Huge demonstration today?
Post Gulf War Photos
IMAX: Journey to Mecca
16 Comments, add your own...
1. Zuno | July 24th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
It woulda been cool if that car had exploded, but no one getting hurt ofcourse.
2. HeartBeat | July 24th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Are you sure you didn’t set the fire yourself for a good video? I mean what is the chance for such thing to happen again witnessing two fires same day!
I am calling the cops!
3. ariston | July 24th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
2nd vids was good, but where’s the explosion as seen on most movies?
Mark be warned, maybe some insane arsonist is following at you :)
4. Remote Control | July 24th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Zuno,
That would have been cool?!?! Just imagine that could have been your car there! That’s someone’s means of transportation and things there!
Sheesh.
5. gman | July 24th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
They usually explode only in a movie ;-) but better save then on fire. The only things which explodes are the tires.
6. Yousuf | July 25th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Wow two in a day? now its officially hot in Kuwait :P
7. silvershine | July 25th, 2009 at 12:21 am
fire was at kuwait Police College
8. pinkdress | July 25th, 2009 at 1:08 am
We should call you: Mark, the fire spotter :P
I feel sorry for that jeep’s owner plus the other 2 “innocent” cars. I wonder what ignited the jeep’s fire? Anyway, I think that jeep’s owner has to pay for damages to the other 2 cars even though it is not really his fault. I say that because a similar thing happened to my friend’s dad a couple of years ago. His parked car caught fire for no apparent reason and nearby cars suffered damages. I don’t remember if he paid for all the damages or only shared the cost. Or maybe he was just a very nice person to compensate the other cars’ owners.
9. Nasser | July 25th, 2009 at 4:20 am
What’s with all the fires recently.
10. dj_will | July 25th, 2009 at 4:42 am
how can the back end of the car catch on fire? deliberate i say
11. spooner | July 25th, 2009 at 7:08 am
One hell of an under-trained firefighting crew. No safety percussions whatsoever… sigh. Good job.
12. salah | July 25th, 2009 at 9:53 am
what’s with you and fires mark, is there a connection? Hmmm :)
13. cube | July 25th, 2009 at 11:46 am
perhaps it’s a sign marky mark?
14. Ozy | July 25th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
How do these fire start in the back of a car? The owners of the car must’ve left something in his car that caught fire.. but what?!
15. curlysue | July 25th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
…..more pertinent….how do these fires start when Mark’s around……..mmmmmmmm…der neeeeeeh na………der neeeeeeh na!
( feeble attempt at firestarter music)
16. Soul | July 25th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
There were a lot of people near the fire at Hawally, and it could be dangerous if the cars burst.
Even the fire personnel were at close proximity.
I guess, we should admire your common sense.
~ Soul
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed