A fire on a wooden deck in Falls Township was caused by a discarded cigarette butt.
The blaze happened at the G building at Commons at Fallsington on Makefield Road in Falls Township’s Morrisville section around 10 p.m. Tuesday and drew volunteer firefighters from a number of companies.
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Crews put down the flames that were reported by a neighbor who spotted smoke and fire on a second-floor apartment’s wooden deck.
Fire Marshal Rich Dippolito said the blaze was caused by a cigarette butt that was thrown by a resident onto the wood deck.
The fire’s damage was contained to the deck and did not impact nearby apartments, Dippolito said.
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No injuries were reported.
