Even when I used to drink in my youth and might well have had a camp fire going, I still had the sense to put the thing out afterwards!
I don't drink
Out walking in the park that backs on to our house late last night we came across this blazing fire. This is in the middle of a massive field of tinder dry long grass itself surrounded by ancient woodland (if you look closely you can see how near the grass is). The fire was far too big for us to put out so we called the fire brigade who were there within minutes and duly put it out with water throwers. It was obvious from the scattering of beer cans surrounding the fire that a crowd had spent the afternoon here getting drunk and having fun and then simply walked off and left the fire raging. This is on a night when over forty fire engines are in attendance elsewhere trying to put out a massive heath fire probably started by similar idiots.
Even when I used to drink in my youth and might well have had a camp fire going, I still had the sense to put the thing out afterwards! |
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September 2019
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