Published: Friday, 19th June, 2009 10:00am

BBQ BIN BLAZE IN BEITH

by Craig Nisbet

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TWO families had a frightening ordeal last Thursday after ash from a barbecue was still warm enough to cause a huge fire a full day later.

The McKellor family in Spiers Avenue, Beith had a barbecue on Wednesday to celebrate a birthday. At 7.30pm the next night, Sam McKellor cleaned the barbecue and tipped a small amount of ash into his empty bin.

Neighbour Martin Hynd said: 'I was in the house on Thursday with my wife Wendy and my year-old son Rhys.

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