To think my neighbour is selfish tw*t for lighting a fire

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Ok so how many people, after receiving a government alert about wild fires asking them not to have fires in their garden, would then in fact go against that and light a big F off fire in their garden, well that would be my next door neighbour! We all live in close proximity in terraced houses and my neighbour thinks it’s a good idea to light a fire. The fact the fire is (for now) contained in a make shift fire pit makes no difference, I mean it’s twa**ish behaviour right?

Only to be fined for using your hose 😂

Get a group of other neighbours together including a few burly males and go around and "have a word."

What a twat.

Sounds very similar to my twatty neighbours a few years ago in a heatwave. He managed to burn down 3 boundary fences and large amounts of trees. He’s lucky no one’s house went up too.

As they were council tenants they didn’t have to pay for anything. The rest of us were left to pay for the damage to our own boundaries. Must have cost the council a chunk of money to pay for all the trees to be cut down and made safe too. Wanker.

I mean surley anyone with any common sense wouldnt be lighting fires before the alert?
I dont think its a law tbough is it? I'm sure the police have better things to do than rock up to every bbq this weekend.

YABU as he may not have got the alert. I only know about the alert from MN. My DH & I do not get Gov alerts.

He may have thought as it's contained in a firepit it would be safe, some people just don't think. I wouldn't call him selfish over it...unless of course he ends up burning down all the neighbouring houses with it.

It does say to avoid any activity that could cause a fire. It would have to be someone that was as thick as shit to not be able to understand that includes normal bbqs, gas bbq, camping stoves, candles and any other flame. Unfortunately going by some of the responses I've seen on here tonight thick as shit seems to be fairly common.

The problem is the millions of people who do not have common sense!

I mean, my DH & I have common sense not to start fires in this weather, despite the fact we didn't receive the alert, but sadly there are a ridiculous amount of people with no common sense!

I did not get the alert either.

This but
Get a video of it burning first then hose it so you have proof if he kicks off.

Just out of curiosity, I searched for the term 'fire pit' on X tonight and it brought up loads of tweets from men (nearly all seemed men) hurling abuse at Andy Burnham and ranting about not being told what to do by 'leftists' and that they'll be lighting their firepits and barbecues and having bonfires every night in defiance of the ban. Just seems that a vast swathe of the UK population seems recently to have acquired the mentality of the worst type of knuckle-dragging Ulster loyalist.

Just seen on the town's main face book page someone is having fireworks tomorrow night.

Just what we need, when we haven't had rain for weeks and weeks and the place is like a tinder box, is things being set alight and flying off into the air.

I feel fortunate that this is happening in the part of the town furthest away from where I live.

Obviously, feel very sorry for this person's poor neighbours.

What good will that do if it gets out of hand? Report

Yup! Fires warnings are woke type and it’s just summer…

This happened to my parents. On a perfectly normal summer day. Not mad dry summer like this year. Conifer Hedge lit and was making its way up to the house. It was a big garden. Think 70m/ 80m long. By the time the fire brigade got it under control it was within 10 metres of the house.

My late Aunts husband is the kind of arsehole who would do this.

On receiving the alert he would very much be of the mindset that "no one is telling me what to do" and would light a fire just to prove (to whom?!) that he could.

Pathetic behaviour. But then he has always been a pathetic posturing individual who thinks more of himself than he should.

I do understand why people are annoyed by hosepipe ban …ie golf courses are exempt etc but ignoring BBQ ,fireworks ban is on another level of stupidity 🤦‍♀️

Our neighbours had a fire during the World Cup and a fire engine showed up to have a little chat with them.

Not suggesting anyone call them now for anything less than an emergency - this was before it got really bad - but they would rather get the fire put out than deal with it when it's bigger.

Yep - absolute bell end and also goes to show how utterly pointless the government alert was. Clearly no amount of government alerts is enough for this guy.

God don’t some people just love a wee opportunity to snoop and tell on others. Not saying he should have lit a fucking fire but I bet some of the Covid curtain twitchers on here will be rubbing their hands with glee

If it's a standard BBQ of the type you keep in the garden, you're golden. It's only the disposable ones we've been warned against. This has been a point of discussion over dinner, as we have a family BBQ planned for Sunday afternoon!

Is there no fire ban?. I'm in WA we are in the height of wild fire season..We generally get a fire ban when the risk goes up to medium. No campfires, no open burning etc. Massive fines

Keep your barbecue THE FUCK AT HOME

…or something.

No, it explicitly says to avoid any activity that could start a fire.

Some twat(s) at the back of our houses were letting off fireworks,
They managed 3 & then we heard loads of angry shouting.
I presume the neighbours/parents sorted them out.

I really cannot believe how dense & full of themselves/insecure some people are.
They can't understand a warning, think it doesn't apply to them & it hurts their feelings as they think they're being told off.
Some people are just thicker than mince.