CHINESE LANTERNS...they are a flipping danger

[tintinthegingertomcat]

I have been saying for years that although these Chinese lanterns look beautiful in the night sky.....they were an accident waiting to happen. Now in the West Midlands (Smethwick) a recycling plant has gone up in flames (made national news yesterday morning) with approx. six million pounds worth of damage....the cause.....Chinese lantern.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT BUY AND RELEASE THESE LANTERNS.....NEXT TIME IT COULD BE A HOUSE WITH PEOPLE ASLEEP IN OR A BARN WITH ANIMALS IN....OR IN THE CASE OF THIS FACTORY MILLIONS OF POUNDS WORTH OF DAMAGE PUTTING PEOPLES LIVES AND JOBS AT RISK.

Could you all try and get others you know to stop buying and releasing these lanterns.

Many thanks

[cee-dee]

Why on earth resurrect a long dead thread last posted on TEN years ago?

[mcruk]

does this  person who asked " Why on earth resurrect a long dead thread last posted on TEN years ago? " still ask why people go to church . god knows why Ebay will not ban selling of the lanterns it managed to prevent the Lithium battery issue almost instantly after they exploded 🙄