Discarded Cigarette Starts House Fire In Plano
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PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) - Plano Fire Investigators confirmed Thursday afternoon's house fire in the 8800 block of Clear Sky Drive was caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette.
Fire-Rescue crews were dispatched to the two-story home at 4:30 pm Thursday when the residents called 911 after smelling smoke and finding the home's garage on fire. First-arriving crews found fire in the attic above the garage and attacked the fire quickly while other firefighters entered the home and kept the fire from advancing into the house from the attic.
The fire was extinguished 15 minutes after the first firefighters arrived at the scene. All the residents got out of the home safely before the fire department arrived.
A teenage friend visiting the home had tossed a cigarette over the home's fence. Fire investigators believe the cigarette caused leaves in the gutter to catch fire which then extended into the home's attic.
Twenty-four firefighters were used to fight the one-alarm fire. Temperatures at the time were between 96° and 98° F. There were no injuries to either residents or firefighters.
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