PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Fire officials are reminding smokers to put out their butts after a cigarette led to a fire in Forest Park recently.
According to Portland Fire & Rescue, a person walking by spotted the fire and reported it to authorities. Firefighters extinguished it before it spread too far.
However, PF&R said the community was “lucky that this was in the middle of the afternoon” instead of nighttime when there may not have been a witness around to call 911.
Fire officials shared photos of the charred foliage to Twitter.
