Don't put ash in the cupboard

[Peasgood]

Came home to a living room floor on fire once. Dumbass ex I was living with had cleaned the ash out into a cardboard box and left it on the wooden floor. No real damage but a lucky escape, fire didn't do much harm either.

 

A pan of ash can kick out a serious amount of carbon monoxide, don't ever leave them indoors just for that reason. How many times do you hear of folk suffocating in tents, that's nearly always because they put the bbq inside when finished.

[woody paul]

Neighbour put ash's out of wood burner on compost heap once, took about 3 hours to get going but it was well a light before it was seen. 

[Stere]

U can't fix stupid

[neiln]

It's rare but had it this morning, racking out the stove and notice it's warm still then find a few glowing embers buried in the ash.  

[Billhook]

Years ago my parents hired a new daily help called Mrs Short.  Her first job was cleaning out the ash from the fireplace which she put in the large dustbin next to the wood store.  Father luckily came home just in time to see flames leaping out of the bin and it would not have been much longer before the whole building was alight.  After that we called her Mrs Mentally Short or Mrs Mentally for short!