well to top this our neighbour 2 doors down has ... or should i say had..... a lovely 18 month old swift challenger caravan, the mindless morons last weeknd thought it was funny to throw fireworks in the street, they decided to light a firework and trow it under his caravan parked on his driveway outside his house...it was 2.30 am
he was woken several minutes later to sounds of crackling..... he looked out the window and saw his caravan ablaze, the flames were 2 feet high, by the time he got to his front door the flames were up to roof height on the van, within 3 minutes the only thing visible was the deformed alko chassic, the van was ash......it went up in 3 minutes.....be warned caravanners, the new 'composite vans' with GRP panels and one peice roof and simailr burn very very fast.....not like the older aluminium skinned vans....
scary to see the van go up so damm quick, the black smoke was unreal, and the ferocity of the fire was so intense his mitsubushi shogan also parked on the drive literally melted,- its a write off too- every window on the front of his house cracked due to the heat... the guttering,the UPVC front door the fascias and soffits are also history, the fire has done over 100k of damage, and this is due to kids thinking fireworks and holleween is fun and inflicting misery is also fun,
now i am not a total kill joy and my kids carved a pumkin, stuck it in the window so other know we are happy to participate in trick or treat,- we dished out the sweets to those who called on us.... but scaring the elderly and 'egging' houses because no one comes to the door is just unecessary.....
its just a damm shame a few morons spoil it for the masses....... fireworks should be used in organised dispalys only and not sold to any tom dick or harry, - the retailers are to blame here too.....
and i hear on the radio some stores banned the selling of eggs and flour prior to halloween.....
how sad is it that a few spoil it for everyone else ...