Discarded butt sparks garage fire

KELOWNA – A small fire at a garage in Kelowna was out by the time firefighters arrived this morning.

Platoon captain Kelly Stephens says a discarded cigarette in a planter pot started the fire around 11:14 a.m., April 16, at 540 Cridge Rd. in Rutland.

The fire scorched the outside of the garage door before a resident with a garden hose put it out.

Firefighters vented the smoke from the garage when they arrived.

“Kelowna Fire Department would like to remind people that smoking materials are a cause of many fires,” Stephens says in a media release. “Please if you smoke, do so outside. Use a deep glass or metal ashtray to dispose of the ashes and butts.”

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