Dumb Stunt
What a dumb stunt I did this evening. The builders were back, working on the porch again today. They had to pull off a lot of old wood, shingles, etc. They built a fire in the fire ring and kept it going all day. They left just before 7 this evening.
When I got home from church about 8:30, I saw that the fire ring was full of ashes. There was a lot more to burn. I got the shovel and what looked like a metal bucket and I scooped out enough ashes to make room to burn more wood. I put a lot of splinters and kindling into the ashes in the fire ring and the fire blazed up again.
I had it going really well and then I noticed the ashes in the bucket. They were glowing, and the sides of the bucket were beginning to puff out in places. It was a plastic bucket! The bucket was melting! I turned on the hose and doused the embers. It's good that I was still right there to be sure the fire in the ashes didn't burn through and catch something else on fire.
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