I read the article about the fire at the Apex Metals scrap yard that has shut the M1 motorway causing traffic congestion for a number of days and shook my head in disbelief. That kind of headline is pretty damning for smokers, isn't it? When I read the article I found
A cigarette thrown from a passing car is amongst the theories that started the blaze. Arson is also being considered.So it could be the fault of an evil smoker or, if not, it might have been arson. I wonder who's theory that is Laura, yours perhaps? Why would arson be considered at all when smokers are the most likely cause of this event?
Police are investigating two arson attacks near the yard in the early hours of Friday morning before the fire began.So there's a fire in a scrapyard, there has been two other suspected arson attacks in the area at a similar time, police are investigating those attacks but it's more likely to be a random passing smoker?
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If they get a chance, they'll blame the smoker.
What do you expect when you have politicians like this.
http://f2cscotland.blogspot.com/2011/03/scottish-labour-endorses-smoking-ban.html
ah... you beat me to it. More hilarity over at mine.
Expect more stories like this in the months to come.
"A 'fire safer standard' agreed by the European Commission will see changes to all cigarettes sold in the European Union (EU).
By November next year all cigarettes must be manufactured to have bands down the length of the paper.
These will make the cigarette go out if it is not inhaled by the smoker."
You might have missed this one from January.
Wind-blown cigarette deemed cause of fire
"PORTSMOUTH — A cigarette butt is to blame for a small fire that broke out late Sunday afternoon on the exterior walls of a Stonecroft Apartments building, a fire official said.
According to Asst. Fire Chief Steve Achilles, investigators believe the fire started after a wind gust sent a discarded cigarette butt from inside an ash bucket located on the porch of Apartment 2 into the siding of Apartment 11.
"It ended up near an electrical outlet and started the outside on fire and then it got into the walls," he said."
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110111-NEWS-101110386
Quite remarkable.
Rose
5 teenagers arrested for M1 fire also suspected of other cases of arson; no apology to smokers.
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