The Times
Friday, June 2, 2008TOKYO, JAPAN—A fire woke Kenji Yamada at 4 A.M. He called the fire station. Soon, he heard the sound of fire trucks.
“I have never seen flames so high and so bright!” Yamada said. “It’s true! I almost lost my life!” When he tried to throw water on the fire, he burned four fingers. Paramedics treated him.
Firefighters asked what caused the fire. At first, Yamada didn’t have a clue. He went to bed between 10 P.M. and 11 P.M. Then, he smelled smoke. It came from his kitchen. “I think it was something in my trash,” he sighed.
Trucks came to stop the fire.
Mr. Yamada thinks the fire started in his kitchen.