A DAD has told how he accidentally burnt his house down after making a huge garden mistake. Paul O’Brien, 47, caused £100,000 worth of damage when he put a £2 disposable grill in his wheelie bin. H…
Ten hours later he put the grill, which “felt cold” into the bin and headed to bed.
That night he woke up to his girlfriend screaming - and the pair managed to grab their two kids as the house was engulfed in flames.said: "You think you know how to put out a barbeque, you think you've done the right thing. The barbecue had been out for ten hours and you put it in the bin. "There was obviously just one little rogue ember in there that wasn't out. It caused a hundred thousand pounds worth of damage just from this £2 barbeque.
"We lost probably 95% of our possessions - photos and memories and just all the kids' toys and clothes, all of that just went.His family was forced to live in temporary accommodation for two years as they dealt with their
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