Braving the Flames

Yan Qincheng lay peacefully in her apartment when blaring sirens woke her up. She grumbled and went to the window to see what the commotion was all about, but she couldn’t believe her eyes. Without hesitating for a moment, she put on a robe and dashed out of her apartment, racing toward the burning restaurant.

On getting there, she was stopped by a fireman,

“Please stay back, it’s dangerous here.”

“I need to know if he’s okay…”

“Who?”

“The owner of the restaurant… he lives on the floor above it.”

The fireman became alarmed as he shouted to his colleagues,

“There are occupants in the building… we need to get them out of there quickly. Move it!!”

But one of them reminded him,

“But chief, the main entrance is locked and can’t be opened from the outside on time.”

“Check for a back entrance. Find it and break it down.”