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Just stopped at a motorway services for a coffee. You know the place; sells petrol.

The bin was on fire.

At the place that sells petrol.

A couple of women just sitting next to it, watching the bin be on fire.

I went and told someone. The bin is no longer on fire.

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in reply to Sarah Brown

I've put out* or arranged people to put out litter bin fires I think three or four times. Is it just that no-one else does anything about anything, or am I particularly lucky about turning up just at the right time?

*(nothing particularly dramatic, just going into nearby shop and saying "the bin outside is on fire, do you have a container of water I can dump on it")

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in reply to Adam

None of them have been at hydorcarbon depots though.
in reply to Sarah Brown

😯

A very long time ago I worked at a small gas station. We had a customer who smoked every time he filled up. With the fuel nozzle in his hand. And the boss never wanted to stop him. 🙈