- 1). Clear a 10-foot radius around the burn site of all debris. The fire must be away from buildings, trees and dry brush. Concrete surfaces are fine but they may have residual burn marks after the fire.
- 2). Place a working fire extinguisher approximately 10 feet from where the fire will be burning and in plain sight.
- 3). Stack three to five wood pallets in a pile and shove crumpled black and white newsprint into the spaces between them.
- 4). Spark the lighter or matches and light the edges of the wadded newspaper. At this point you can douse the wood pallets in lighter fluid if you want to accelerate the ignition process.
- 5). Churn the fire with a metal garden rake to distribute the flames evenly as the pallets burn and crumble. Toss any remaining wood pallets into the fire two at a time until they are gone.
- 6). Attend to the wood pallet fire until it has completely burned to the ground. Use the extinguisher to put out any flare-ups that occur away from the burn site.
- 7). Clean up the remaining metal nails, charred wood and ash from the burn site with the garden rake or a push broom and dustpan.
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