Oh no! Woman sets fire to $30,000 cash hidden in the family stove (photos)

A Chinese woman named Hao Bin, 35,
accidentally set fire to £20,000 cash that was
hidden in the family cooking stove. The money,
which was meant for her husband's staff salary,
was hidden in the wood-burning stove by the
woman herself but forgot she'd put it there when
she went there to make a pot of tea.
Her husband had given her the money for safe
keeping the night before, but the next morning,
Mrs Bin threw a lighted march on the stove to boil
water for tea. The burnt money pictured above
She only realized her grave error after she smelt
the burnt money and saw the plastic bag filled
with Chinese bank notes. She threw water on
what was left of the cash, but it was too
late...everything was gone!
According to local media reports, the devastated
woman took the charred remains of the money to
the Bank of China t see if they could do anything
for her, but was told that they couldn't exchange
the notes since only less than half of each note
was left
Reacting, the husband, Mr bin (pictured above),
said he'd forgiven his wife for the error
"We had not been paid ourselves yet for our
work, but I needed to pay the workers so we
borrowed the money from friends and family,
and we wanted somewhere to keep it safe for
a day before paying it out. It was a hard
blow, and my wife is devastated. But I have
forgiven her, and we will survive.'
It's common for Chinese people to hide their
money at home - in pillows and socks instead of
keeping it at the bank. Most of them don't trust
their banks..