A terrible experience.
It was a terrible sight and I cannot forget it throughout my life. It sometime haunts me in my sleep too. It was near Dalhousie in Kolkata where the event happened. A tanker loaded with gas was the cause of this tragedy. It happened during the busy hour when everybody in that area was shocked to hear a bombasting sound. It so happened that I too was present on the spot on that very day. I was coming out from an office when suddenly I heard a loud 'Boom' sound. It was such a loud sound that every one in that area simply stood still or rather shuddered. When I came to my sense I saw a big tanker on fire. Fireballs were coming out from it and sometime hitting pedestrians. While I was watching all this suddenly a ball came rushing towards me. I moved aside and somehow saved myself. Before my eyes I saw a man shaking shaking and finally collapsing. Just before my eyes the man turned into a ball of fire. A peculiar sound was coming out from his mouth which immediately caught my