Fire! Fire!
Smoke filled the air.
"There is smoke everywhere!" someone shouted at the top of his voice.
The tired miners, who had already begun to doze off, jolted awake. They rushed to the door, pounding on it in an attempt to force it open.
Meanwhile, flames had spread from the kitchen. Realizing this, the men hurried toward the tool rooms. A few managed to break the door to their room first. Edward and the others seized the opportunity to help open another doors that were yet to be broken working quickly amidst the growing panic.
"Run to the tool room!" someone in the crowd shouted. The men immediately obeyed, pushing their way through the chaos. In emergencies like this, people often acted before thinking, so no one questioned why they had to run all the way there.
The fire soon attracted the attention of the guards, who rushed over. However, those who had escaped from the miners' quarters had already mixed in with the ones who had set the fire in the kitchen.
