Summary: What to do in 1st critical minutes It’s finally happened: An earthquake is pushing your furniture around like a cat with toys, or a wildfire is roaring toward your house in a wall of crackling flame. Don’t panic. Take a breath if you can. And follow these steps: In the event of fire • Flee the minute calamity becomes imminent, and certainly if you are told to evacuate. It takes only two minutes for fire to ignite a house and five minutes to engulf it.
