FIRE RISK! PLEASE, NO MORE PORTABLE BARBECUES

 

On the morning of Friday 16 July the fire brigade had to be called to a tree stump fire started by a disposable barbecue, which had been burning slowly but steadily for about 12 hours. 

The potential for a major and devastating incident, should the surrounding grass catch fire or the fire spread to a nearby tree, must surely be obvious to all garden users.

For this reason, the Commissioners would like to ask that disposable barbecues should no longer be used, under any circumstances, in the gardens.

The Commissioners would also like to discourage the use of all other types of barbecue, no matter how high the cooking area is raised off the ground, no matter that water is brought to stop the fire after cooking, and even though the coals are taken home afterwards and disposed of responsibly.