Why someone would do this anywhere, and in a children’s play area?
I can only assume a bunch of teenagers thought it would be fun to sit around a fire, created on grass that had had barely any rain in 10 weeks.
Thanks to Devon Fire and Rescue for preventing disaster.
Lucid Gypsy 
Sometimes, there are not words…… The sheer mindlessness, thoughtlessness of people
I agree, there are some absolute morons around, plus quite a few who are just evil, know exactly what the consequences will be but still do it/
Hope they were caught and punished
Total stupidity! 😦 😦
How odd. Seems to be a lot of paper there for teens to be carrying around. Lucky someone reported it.
awful!
Rather unfortunate.
Madness.
No have to say, I done understand either!
Lack of understanding, imagination and knowledge I suspect as to how quickly fires can catch and spread in dry conditions, in other words idiocy!