Stuff the fire brigade, I'm going to put it out myself

When Trevor Scott found his chimney on fire he went flamin' mad - and climbed up to put it out himself.

He had raced home after a panicky call from wife Sheila. And he was still extinguishing the flames with a garden hose when a fire crew arrived.

Trevor, 56, said: "It was instinct really. I couldn't see any point in waiting while things got worse."



Sheila, 53, had lit a log fire in Huntspill, Somerset, on Monday when soot set the chimney ablaze.

She dialled 999, then Trevor. She said: "He seemed annoyed and just jumped on the roof without thinking. The firemen found it quite amusing."

The brigade said: "We'll have to think about signing him up."

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