Firefighters in plea after bin fire incident
Firefighters in Blackpool have urged smokers to make sure their used cigarettes are properly extinguished after a fire engine had to be called out to a town centre bin blaze.
The appliance was called to the incident on Abingdon Street at noon today when the bin went up in smoke and flames.
A crew member used a bucket of cold water to successfully douse the fire.
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Hide AdBut watch manager Warren Topp said the incident took a fire engine out of action when it might be needed elsewhere for a more serious case.
He said: “We would ask that people make sure their cigarettes are put out properly when they throw them away.
“If there had been a more serious incident at that time, we would have had one engine out of action.”