In article , "Rick"
says...
snip

A friend of mine stripped out any items of value, and set fire to his.
The fire brigade turned up, and he told them to go away.

I hope they charged him for the callout - any "controlled burning"
that is likely to be called in by a passer-by should be notified to
the local fire station so they know what's going on. I suspect that
disposing of waste in this way contravenes environmental legislation
anyway.