Weekend readers' pictures: Extinguish

Erika Szostak: “A scorched fire alarm at the abandoned ­Hellingly hospital, now in demolition, which suffered from at least two cases of arson in recent years” Photograph: Erika Szostak

Diane Pritchard: “Seeing these birds in Borough Market, London, was the only way I could ­appreciate the ­extraordinary ­colours of their plumage” Photograph: Diane Pritchard

Grant Cieciura: “All that remains after the fire has gone is a skeleton cast above the sea. The inspiration came from the irony of a fire taking place out at sea. What is left behind after the fire has gone?” Photograph: Grant Cieciura

Bill Reeds: “This official sign at Saltholme wildlife reserve, Teesside, would have convinced me to extinguish my kipper immediately. Who says authority has to be po-faced?” Photograph: Bill Reeds

Mark Granier: "I was struck by these stark words on the doors of an old building in the Dublin docklands" Photograph: Mark Granier

Jim Grady: "My son trying to extinguish his trick birthday candles. Every year these candles are lit and every year he goes through the ritual of pleasing his boring dad" Photograph: Jim Grady

Laura Carys Hughes: "The inevitable fate of the common house match" Photograph: Laura Carys Hughes

Laura Milne-Day: "In January, helping the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust burn bracken in an effort to conserve the protected heathland, the sunlight shone startlingly white through the trees and smoke as we fought the approaching flames" Photograph: Laura Milne-Day

Richard Brittain: "Last year during a heat wave in Portugal a fire started in a field destroying all the crops and the orange and lemon trees. The oranges were only half-burnt, giving them a unique shape and form" Photograph: Richard Brittain

Emma Durnford: "Incense sticks, some extinguished and some still burning, at Phra Pathom Chedi in Thailand" Photograph: Emma Durnford