A cigarette butt dumped in a planter caused a balcony fire at a Grant Avenue apartment block, said the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS).
The blaze, which happened just after 2 a.m. Friday, was deemed accidental, due to a plant pot used as an ashtray.
No one was injured, and WFPS said the building didn’t need to be evacuated.
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The fire, on the building’s fifth floor, was extinguished before it spread any further.
Firefighters are urging Winnipeggers to to use an ashtray or a deep metal container to put out any smoking materials, as potting soil can cause a butt to smoulder for several hours and eventually spread.
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