[hecticskeptic]

Surprisingly, the naturally-packed piles don’t burn that well. Oh, they’ll burn, but not that hotly.

I agree with you but still…. If my house was buried in the stuff like some of those pictures and some guy was walking around flicking lit cigarette butts into the pile, I think that I’d be a bit concerned.

[NVDave]

Oh yea, I’d be all over him for that.

I’d also be getting them out away from my house.

Just sayin’ that while they’re highly flammable, it takes some crushing of the pile to make it really burn. If I could have gotten them to burn in big, loose piles, I sure would have taken advantage of that situation. ;-)