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Man sets fire to shed
A MAN destroying personal documents accidentally set fire to his garden shed.
He was burning paper in a metal waste paper bin outside his home in Berkeley Close, Boldon Colliery, at 7.30pm last night, when it spread to the shed and neighbouring trees.
Watch manager Graham Whitfield, from South Shields Fire Station, said: "The shed was burnt and half the contents of the shed were badly burnt.
"We were quite lucky to away with stopping it at that thanks to the quick actions of the owner, who put his garden hose on it until we arrived.
"He was trying to get rid of some personal documents in a metal bin and thought the contents were extinguished.
"If anyone is doing anything like that, it is better to shred them rather than burn them."
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Thursday 09 February 2012
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