Today, a recycle bin burnt to the ground. The red and blue recycle bin, located next to the big bin (near the canteen) was loaded with paper and melted in the flames. I didn't see the flames, but I'm sure the flames went well over one and a half metres. This is because the fire got up to the top of the fence of the stairway. The metal fence wasn't burnt, but it turned all black.

You could see white smoke and you could smell the bin burning from the other side of the school where I was before I decided to find out what was causing that terrible smell. At first, I thought it was the smell of someone burning a candle!

The bin was lit probably at the beginning of recess, or just before recess at the end of Period 2. You can still read parts of the burnt newspaper which was in the bin. The burnt stuff from the bin, which is now completely stuck on the ground, looks like dry goo.

Tuesday August 29, 2006