Fire In The Chute

The rubbish chute at my granny's place caught fire in the afternoon. I had smelt something burning and when I checked the pubbish chute cover, I saw smoke coming out of it. It smelt of burning rubber and plastic. Arggg. Which inconsiderate person did not stub out before flicking the stub into the chute or which idiot burned paper and threw it down the chute?!?!?! I quickly grabbed the pail in the bathroom, filled it up and just threw the water down the chute, hoping that it will in some way smother the flame out. Went downstairs and opened the chute disposal area and found that the "fire" had died by then but not before melting off half the rubbish bin collector. Sigh.