A 42-year-old man started two fires in quick succession outside people’s homes in Dunfermline.
One man has to run outside after seeing smoke coming from a bin next to his house.
The fire bug was Darren Reynolds and he struck again shortly afterwards burning down a shed with the blaze spreading to trees and bushes.
Reynolds, of Macbeth Road, appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court for sentencing for offences committed on the night of November 18, 2021.
He admitted that at Malcolm Street, he wilfully set fire to a recycling bin whereby the fire took hold and destroyed the bin.
Then at St Andrews Street, he wilfully set fire to a garden shed, destroying it and damaging surrounding trees and bushes.
Defence solicitor Alexander Flett said his client had been going through a difficult time after family bereavements.
Sheriff Craig McSherry imposed a community payback order with 240 hours of unpaid work and a four-month restriction of liberty order.
Reynolds was also ordered to pay £850 compensation to the shed owner.
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