The charred interior of a Green Island home which caught fire early yesterday after hot ashes were left in a plastic bucket near a woodpile. PHOTOS: GREGOR RICHARDSONA young mother has described the moment she and her children ran from their burning home in Dunedin early yesterday. Fire risk management officer Mark Bredenbeck said hot ashes should always be doused with water and placed in a metal container away from structures. "We do find a lot of people use inappropriate containers for their ashes, and that includes pouring them into a plastic wheelie bin." Spreading ashes on the ground near foliage was also a fire risk, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 08, 2019 16:32 UTC