火災の危険 Danger of fire

5月5日、こどもの日、家から見える数百メートル離れた竹やぶでパンパンと大きな音が連続して鳴り響きました。
すでにたくさんの煙が出ており実際は乾燥状態での火災でした。
幸いにも発見が早く、現役消防署員の機転のきいた迅速な対処のおかげで延焼前に鎮火しました。
東北地方で相次いだ山火事と住宅の焼失を見聞きすると、ゾッとします。
On May 5th, Children’s Day, I could hear the big and continuous clapping noise in the bamboo grove several hundred meters away from my house. 
Much smoke had already risen and it was actually a small fire under the dry weather.
But luckily enough, it was found early by the fireman living near us and the fire was extinguished before spread.
I was horrified by that because we had some big mountain fires in Tohoku region these days.