FIRE chiefs have issued a warning to householders at Warrington following a spate of bin fires.
A number of wheeled bins in the Orford area – all within a half-mile radius – were set alight during the night.
Some were placed close to property – putting homes, fences and hedges at risk.
The advice from firefighters is that residents should avoid putting bins out overnight unless it is absolutely necessary and should always leave them in a secure place, away from property.
Wheelie bin warning from fire chiefs
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How many times do the fire brigade have to tell people NOT to leave their bins out ? If people do and they get set on fire then they should have to pay the fire brigade for their time out of their own pocket I must congratulate the council for once for taking a tough stance though. I read a few weeks back in the WG that the Council actually took all the bins from a road in Stockton Heath after they were constantly left out in a service road behind terraces despite all the residents receiving 2/3 letters telling them not to do it. The residents obviously whinged and they were in the WG smiling and boasting about their success of having their bins returned after a week or so. They have been warned that if they leave them out again they will go again. WELL DONE COUNCIL….. and maybe you could do the same on all the other roads where people leave their bins out 24/7 too, especially mine 🙂
The council’s website says that all bins must be out by 6:30am on the collection day. That’s not going to be easy to acheive without putting it out the night before, are we all expected to get up especially early just to put a wheelie bin out? That’s going to be hard for anyone who works a late evening shift. And it’s going to be completely impossible for someone who works nights and doesn’t even get home from work until after the binmen have been. The council could minimise the problem by telling us approximately what time our collection will be, they DO know what routes the wagons take and how long each round takes on average so that’s hardly going to be difficult. Then many people could put their bins out in the morning – or even later in the day – with confidence that they haven’t missed their collection.
Very true InkyP but the majority of people living in terraces and the likes where there are service/access roads seem to leave their bins out 7 days a week so knowing what time the wagon would be coming would make no difference at all to them at all and they would still do it…. in which case they should loose their bins. 🙂 Not only are they a fire hazard but they are very handyfor oportunist thieves who use them to climb over walls and gates into peoples gardens. It would be helpful for other people though like you say.
I agree with you about bins left out for days on end, but if firefighters are advising that bins should not be left out overnight “unless absolutely necessary” then there is a lot which WBC could and should be doing to help people to heed that advice.
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