[jason]

Officials in a town northeast of London have banned inflatable swimming pools for posing a "fire risk."

The Daily Mail reports that a housing association in Romford, a suburban town of 36,500 said the pools might get in the way of fire trucks. Meanwhile firefighters said the ban is ridiculous and that a pool of water would be useful in the event of a fire. "I know the estate very well and I can see absolutely no access issues whatsoever," said fire official Graham Hart.

Parents in a nearby community were told to get rid of the four inflatable pools they have set up in a communal garden — the day before their kids started summer vacation.

more Inflatable pools deemed 'fire risk' - Weird News - Canoe.ca

[Alan]

So even housing associations in London are sticks in the mud huh? those people make it so obvious they're jerks, that they obviously enjoy it.

[toby70]

If it wasn't that you can't believe everything you read in the Daily Mail, I'd say what a lot of "Jobsworths" but this is so ridiculous I suspect that it's a huge exaggeration. It would only take the fire official to "officially" point out the error in their reasoning to change this.

[auntie]

It becomes more unbelivable as I continued to read. On the other hand, maybe they meant an empty inflatable pool left somewhere in the vicinity of a house...