More Wood

The family in the apartment below me installed a bukari (wood heater) last week.  First they pounded a hole in the concrete wall for the stovepipe.  Not unusual although many families stick the pipe out a window.  Then a large load of large rounds of wood was dropped in our walkway.  By evening it was split and piled up around the stairwell that I use.  

Pipe is at 5'8" above the walkway

I think the hose is for emergencies??