Tending to the fire during firing of pottery in Phù Mỹ village

Nguyễn Tấn Ánh takes out embers and ashes from the kiln and Bùi Thị Lệ puts them out, because, as he explains, the doors are quite small. At some point, the charcoal and ashes take too much space. They need to be taken out to make space for the newly added fuel. Trương Thị Hoa loads them in a wheel barrow. They will be left to dry and in the afternoon Nguyễn Thị Phương will separate the charcoal from the ashes to be used for other purpose : The ashes are used as a cover during the next firing while the charcoal can be used for many other purpose or even to sell.