Firefighters believe cigarette caused brush fire

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By Ashley Roberts
WSLS10 Reporter
Published: July 21, 2008

Local firefighters spent their afternoon putting out a brush fire. It started on 460 in Christiansburg around 3 p.m.

Many of you called our newsroom about the fire after seeing smoke.

It burned about an acre and a half.

The Christiansburg assistant fire chief says he believes a cigarette caused the brush fire.
   
Three homes were in the line of fire, but fortunately crews arrived just in time with water and brush trucks to put it out.

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