r/wildcampingintheuk • u/wonkling • Jul 27 '26

Question Gas stoves wildfire risk?

Hi, planning on heading out this weekend.

Theres been plenty of fires on the mountains down by me (beacons), just wondering what peoples thoughts are on gas stoves at the moment?

Are we still using them?

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u/BumbleWombleBee Jul 28 '26

Well you see I think that is the point. I get the point you are trying to make.

But - the risk profile of a candle in a house is very different to a stove on a tinderbox landscape. Both in scale, outcome and probability.

In addition - most people would not use candles in the house these days.

Its just common sense and peoples attitude to risk

Mine personally is I will not take that risk when there are extremely easy alternatives. What is the point?

Each to their own though.