According to officials, the fire, which occurred on Stokes Drive, appeared to have been caused by a cigarette butt disposed in an exterior trash can. It caught on fire, burned up the side of the ...

Two acres burned Monday afternoon after a improperly disposed cigarette butt started a grass fire along Galley Road.

A young North Carolina woman was doused in gasoline and set on fire by a sick suspect who then ... dumped gas all over her and lit a cigarette that sparked the blaze, Downey told investigators.

GLOUCESTER, Va. — A cigarette butt disposed of in an exterior trash can appears to be the cause of a house fire in Gloucester County on Sunday morning. One person was displaced in the fire ...

The sheriff's office is contracted to provide police services in Thousand Oaks. The cigarette lit the chair on fire, Patterson said, and the fire began to spread to the rest of the house.

The sheriff's office is contracted to provide police services in Thousand Oaks. The cigarette lit the chair on fire, Patterson said, and the fire began to spread to the rest of the house.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday that the fire started when a cigarette lit a couch on fire, causing the apartment unit to be destroyed. Oxygen tanks also exploded, which ...

That’s a message that was once sent out far and wide in movies and TV shows about cigarettes. But it occurred to me recently that if you substitute the word “gun” for “cigarette,” you ...