Neighbour having a bonfire

[elm26]

My neighbour has lit a bonfire about 10 minutes ago, my room is filled with bonfire smell because my windows are open due to the heat and my clothes for work tomorrow are on my washing line.

This is the neighbour who did a garden renovation from 7am-11pm every night for 6 weeks and told me to fuck off when I politely asked if he could stop using power tools after 9pm as we have to be up for work early.

His excuse is that he owns the house and we rent therefore he can do what he likes and slammed the door in my face.

Any tips on how to deal with these idiots?

I have one like this and I actually sent a 999 fire engine to their garden.

No further issues since

Call the fire brigade and let the council know also as he should not be lighting fires with the way fires are spreading. He sounds awful.

Environmental health should respond very quickly to any black smoke bonfire.

Definitely call the fire bridgade as well there is usually a local number and it helps to prevent more eork5

Work!!

Are there any restrictions in your area? We’re in a drought area and have been asked not to have fires, BBQs etc at the moment.

Ugh, my neighbours are obsessed with burning shit. All. The. Time. But I've googled it, and apparently it's basically allowed. I can't remember the details, but once or twice a month doesn't count as a nuisance (unless you're in Ireland, where there are stricter rules)

I did ask them to put out a fire right next to our hedge last week though, on account of the highest level wildfire alert!!

Why do people always wait until the hottest days when everyone has their windows open to have their stinky bonfires? No advice, I have a nearby neighbour who does the exact same and it drives me nuts because it's such an obviously dick move.

It might put a stop to it. My neighbours garden was left in a tight mess when the fire brigade put her bonfire out. They gave her a proper talking to too.

Maybe we wouldn't have prevented a few house / forests fires caused by embers from bonfires.

echt it's pretty easy to get rid of rubbish here too, but some people can't be bothered. I paid £32 to have three large items removed by the council and it's free for pensioners and people on benefits

If this were in my part of the country, I'd report. Everything is so dry, it could start a fire. The fire brigade once visited our neighbour who was bbqing too close to her house. Gave her a right telling off much to the joy of all us neighbours! Whoever called the fire brigade then definitely did the right thing.

Don't call 999 though. That's only for genuine emergencies. The fire service is so busy at the moment they don't have time to come out unless life is immediately in danger. By all means call the fire service on the non emergency number and ask them to call on the neighbour when they're free, but leave 999 alone.

My opinion might be clouded because when I was 18 the fire brigade turned up at our house because there was smoke coming out of the chimney - the normal kind of smoke that happens when you have a fire burning in the fireplace.

It wasn't us that got a bollocking that day, but the idiot who called them...

Please do not call the fire brigade. The Emergsncy services should be used for just that. What’s wrong with people, recommending to call them as some form of punitive act.

Our 'delightful' neighbour used to stand staring into an old oil drum, beer in hand, poking at fires almost nightly. He'd burn anything he could find. He has lessened it after I told him I was going to the council. Literally every single warm day I had to close every window because it enveloped our house.

He built himself a party shack thing over lockdown. It's falling apart now so one good storm will see it off, but he had the bright idea to add a built in BBQ. It's made entirely of wood...

Burning stuff in a garden in a residential area during a prolonged dry swell is extremely dangerous. Calling the fire brigade is appropriate action. It is dangerous on so many levels.

Thank you everyone