All he wanted was a tidy garden. But when Stanley Lee decided to burn some pine needles to clear his lawn, this was the disastrous result.After starting an incinerator to burn the waste, the 88-year-old checked twice that it was ‘smoking nicely’ before heading indoors, believing the fire was under control.
Just moments later, a spark shot from the burner on to a wooden fence, turning his small garden fire into a huge blaze which caused thousands of pounds worth of damage.
With flames shooting 25ft into the air, the fire spread to the gardens of four neighbouring houses, destroying four garden sheds as well as fencing, and seriously damaging a £4,000 summerhouse and a trampoline. Read More
