Hull man rescued from neighbour's roof after cigarette house fire

“jesus next time he goes and sits on the roof he should take his cigs with him.”

“jesus next time they go sit on the maybe he should take his cigs with him .”

“This could have been worse if they where having a dodgy homemade vodka drinking session at the same time the house went up,you would have been able to see the flames from across the humber.....”

“Why is there no mention of the number or nationality of the occupants, please?

Surely such details enhance a report of a dangerous fire?

"It's important to never smoke when feeling tired, always use a proper ashtray that's made of a material that can't burn, such as glass, and always fully extinguish cigarettes when you've finished smoking."

From "Instructions for Utter Cretins", chapter 2 -'not burning your house down'.”

“The fact that there were 12 eastern european occupants in this house was reported in the news last night. So are our Health & Safety Laws goings to be brought into effect here. 12 people living in a small terraced house is well beyond capacity and is a breach of our laws. I seem to recall that Hull and the country in general have spent years ensuring that people live in safe housing - immigration has just brought the slums of old days back again, which Hitler and the Council tried to demolish. Think of the next door neighbours - this fire could have easily spread and killed dozens! I would like to see some action taken against the over occupancy of these type of houses and by that I do not mean offer them council houses - just enforce our laws! Hope the landlord was insured!”

“Q - How many poles does it take to start an indoor BBQ?

A - Eleven. And one on the roof.”

“gerry gilbert so you agree with all these so call migrant workers coming over here and claiming benefits,why do you think they like coming here.can we go to there country and sponge off there state”

“@beverleybeck: "look after your own first i say"

Yep, that's the usual inhuman bolleaux to be expected on these boards. And who are "your own" then, matey? Let's put it in black & white so we know what we're talking about.

English workers regularly migrate to other countries for work. Should the governments of those countries look after their own and let English immigrants fall ill and die? Or is it one rule for the English and another for foreigners?

I'll tell you who my own are: humans. Yea, even racists and reactionaries. All humans deserve fair treatment, and access to healthcare, housing, and education, at a minimum. We'd expect that for Brits overseas, so fairness dictates that we offer that to folk coming here. Unless, of course, you don't consider them to be fully human...”

“@beverleybeck: ""the house was occupied by 12 polish migrants.are the council going to rehouse them ? i smell a rat."

I smell a racist trying to hijack a story to ride his hobbyhorse. If you've proof of that assertion, then post it, else take it back.

@TetleyT: "Really, they're not going to say the house was occupied by 12 polich immigrants, are they?!"

Err, I think they would, as that would be newsworthy and would certainly pander to the large backward section of the HDM readership. Or do you have proof that the HDM is run by lefties and liberal conspiring to keep such stories quiet?

Anyone thinking of moving to Hull would take one look at these boards and figure that the place is full of barking reactionaries, racists, and grumbling bitter old men with chips the size of concrete blocks on their shoulders. Even when the story has f*** all to do with anything contentious these trolls find ways of hijacking it to push their own bitter agendas.”

“BeverleyBeck. So why did you not say so instead of making an unsupported statement!! From the other comments zenophobia seems to rule in Hull except when you go and work in a foreign country. If it was not for immigrant workers the Country would be in a worse position”