Burning

The other day something quite stupid happened to me. After I filled my Zippo with cleaning naphtha, I lighted it up for a test and accidentally introduced the fire to the small tissue paper I used while filling the lighter. A disaster thus got its start. I was surprised by the burning tissue paper and dropped it on the ground of my research room which is paved with wooden floor. I almost panicked by the imagination that the floor would be set on fire. Then I calmed myself down to put out the fire which, to think of it retroactively, was in fact a pretty small one. Stepping on the fire on and on and being cautious to not getting fire on my slippers, I turned on the fan to ventilate the air in case the fire alarm might be triggered for the smoke thus caused. a few seconds later, the situation was well under control and I had my breath back again. A pretty stupid incident it is. Can't believe that I myself can be so careless and without caution. If the room gets on fire, it would be a total disaster and might even endanger other people's lives. What an imbecile I was that day!