Sky Lantern

Sky Lantern #1084227 11th Aug 2022 11:07pm
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 29 Heswall steamfan OP Newbeee
OP steamfan Newbeee Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 29 Heswall	Just taken the dog out for evening walk, and draped where it fell on my wooden garden gate is the remains of a skylantern. Thank goodness it was burnt out, but I'm horrified that someone would have even done anything that stupid. Lucky that it didn't do any damage, but if it had landed on Whitfield common it might not have been so lucky. How can people be some stupid and selfish?

Google Ads

Re: Sky Lantern steamfan #1084232 12th Aug 2022 4:33pm
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,924 Likes: 5 wirral Excoriator Forum Addict
Excoriator Forum Addict Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,924 Likes: 5 wirral	I wouldn't worry too much. The reason they come down is that they go out. The wire framework can cause problems with animals, but I think the risk of fire is small.

Re: Sky Lantern steamfan #1084233 13th Aug 2022 11:29am
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 14,580 Likes: 39 Wirral, Cheshire diggingdeeper Wiki Master
diggingdeeper Wiki Master Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 14,580 Likes: 39 Wirral, Cheshire	Many parts of the world have banned them including some areas in the UK. While the risk of any single lantern causing a fire may be low, the effects can be huge because they can land in unattended places. Numerous farmers complain about finding them in hay fields.. There are more than 200,000 fire lanterns sold per year in the UK. There's a real danger that the left will drag Britain back to the 1970s, with secure well-paid jobs, ample housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions, affordable rail fares and fabulous films and music. David Osland 2025 We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn https://ddue.uk