Couple pictured having barbecue right in front of grass burned in wildfire

The patch of grass was alight with flames simply hours earlier (Image: @Millfields Consumer Group)

Having a barbecue throughout tinderbox situations, proper subsequent to a hearth that has simply been put out maybe isn’t the cleverest of concepts.

However that didn’t cease this pair of shiny sparks from lighting up a barbecue on one of many hottest days of the yr.

They selected to take a seat on an space of unburned grass in Millfields Park, Hackney, just a few ft away from scorched earth which firefighters had extinguished earlier that day.

The couple had been sat on grass that hadn’t already burned (Image: @Millfields Consumer Group)

Though it isn't recognized what triggered the fireplace, the part of the park has been sufferer to arson assaults prior to now and due to the heatwave the newest fireplace unfold shortly.

Regardless of the climate, barbecues are forbidden in all council-run parks, together with Millfields.

A volunteer group often called the Tree Musketeers tweeted following the sooner fireplace.

They stated: ‘All of the care and dedication of rising, planting, and taking care of these bushes over a few years will be worn out in a couple of minutes by somebody’s carelessness.’

Can’t imagine this…. South Millfields orchard was on fireplace this afternoon and tonight there's a couple having a BBQ yards away from the burnt grass @hackneycouncil@TM_Hackneypic.twitter.com/kD4Q3nd0cX

— Millfields UserGroup (@MillfieldsUG) July 16, 2022

Orchard fireplace in South Millfields park this afternoon. All of the care and dedication of rising, planting, and taking care of these bushes over a few years will be worn out in a couple of minutes by someone’s carelessness. pic.twitter.com/0xAVINmy2o

— Tree Musketeers (@TM_Hackney) July 16, 2022

They planted 51 bushes within the park in 2009 and a few of these had been destroyed.

This summer season alone, London Fireplace Brigade has tackled greater than 800 fires throughout the capital with parkland notably susceptible to fireplace.

A London Fireplace Brigade spokesperson instructed Metro.co.uk: ‘The recent climate we’ve been having has led to a major quantity of fires in London and throughout the UK.

‘We’ve been urging folks to assist us by attempting to scale back the quantity of grass fires and have particularly requested folks to not have barbecues in any respect whereas the climate stays dry.

‘Barbecuing on dry grass is reckless and may simply trigger a extremely severe fireplace – damaging the speedy space and risking close by properties.

‘For the sake of our metropolis – and of our firefighters who need to work in sweltering temperatures to deal with these blazes – we’d actually like folks to take our recommendation on board and we thank these Londoners who've listened.’

A spokesperson for Hackney Council instructed Metro.co.uk: ‘Barbecues will not be allowed in our parks, steerage we reiterate during times of sizzling climate once they current an acute fireplace danger.’

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