A barbeque which had been placed near a wheelie bin to die out reignited and spread to a house and ruined a car.
The incident in Nefyn, North Wales, happened after embers stoked up by the wind, set the bin alight and then spread to a central heating oil tank, causing a vapour explosion. The resulting liquid fire spread to the house.
Fire crews were called to the property just before 4.30pm on Friday, where they used a hose reel jet to extinguish the flames. It was out by 5.30pm.
Huw Roberts from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "It just goes to show how careful you need to be when discarding of barbeque embers - the incident destroyed property and possessions but it could easily have been worse and led to injury and the loss of life.
