It did not really seem like a case for 999 & anyway did not want to have to hang around, so it was reported to the doctors surgery over the road.
The fire engine – sent from the neighbouring village, not ours - arrived less than 10 minutes later when I was still at the bus stop – not bad given that they are all retained.
I wonder if they could, if they wanted to, work out if it was set deliberately (it is half term) or if damp newspaper, tightly packed, had generated enough heat to self-combust.
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