More bonfires get out of hand around the county as residents try to dispose of waste while tips are closed under Covid-19 lockdown

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service is reinforcing its warnings for people to be careful and considerate about burning excess waste they may not be able to get rid of due to the coronavirus lockdown rules.
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The service has experienced a number of bonfire getting out of control and neighbours complaining about controlled burning affecting them and calling for the fires to be put out.

Last night (Thursday) the crew from Billingborough was called out at 8.14pm to reports of smoke in the area of Aunsby, near Sleaford.

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They found a small quantity of waste building products being burned and put the flames out with a hose.

Just an hour earlier a crew from Bourne attended reports of smoke in the area of Burghley Street in Bourne.

This time a large quantity of waste clothing and household furniture had been burning. They too hosed it down and used drags to extinguish it.

Around the same time a crew from Donington attended reports of a shed on fire on Blackjack Road, Swineshead, near Boston.

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The wooden shed was badly damaged, along with five metres of hedge and five metres of fence.

They used hoses and drags to put out the flames.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service have issued a full warning to residents about the danger of burning waste during coronavirus lockdown too:

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