Pop Can As Ashtray Causes House Fire

[February 20, 2008]  VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- A homeowner in Vancouver has learned that using a pop can as an outdoor ashtray can be hazardous to your house. Fire Capt. Kevin Murray said heat from burning material in the pop can set a plastic slide on fire, and the flames spread to the back deck and then to the house.

Damage from the fire Sunday night has been estimated at $125,000. No one was injured.

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Information from: The Columbian, http://www.columbian.com/

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