To the dismay of local firefighters, Lancashire GCSE students have made the act of burning books to celebrate the end of their exams.
Students have been burning their textbooks, causing three fires in one night in Preston last week.
The Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service urged students to donate or sell their textbooks instead of turning them on.
A spokesman encouraged students to make money by selling their books instead of setting them on fire.
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Next to a photo of a firefighter putting out a fire, they posted: “Every time they found books on GCSE topics burning in different places. Celebrate the end of school by all means, but what is there to gain? a few bobs selling them to you?
In a post similar to Twitter, the fire department said, “Preston firefighters responded to several recent calls related to the burning of GCSE books. There are better ways to finish exams! We recommend giving, selling or just recycle the books you don’t want. ”
Preston firefighters recently responded to several calls about the burning of GCSE books.
There are better ways to celebrate the end of exams! We recommend that you donate, sell, or simply recycle the books you don’t want. #FireSafety #Preston pic.twitter.com/8tFxdE17Jc
– Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (@LancashireFRS) July 3, 2022
Millions of 15- and 16-year-olds finished exams earlier this month and parted ways for a long summer break. Book burning has become a tradition for many students who finish exams.
In 2019, a group of Bolton teenagers accidentally set fire to a music kiosk as they burned their school books after their final GCSE exam.
The same thing happened that year in Wolstanton, north of Staffordshire, when firefighters found charred notebooks, with the names still visible, among the rubble.