discarded cigarette butts News

Maryland’s second-highest court has upheld a $1.3 million judgment against the Steamfitters Union, saying it knew or should have known cigarette butts tossed in mulch could cause a fire that would harm neighbors. The Daily Record of Baltimore reports that …

Firefighters in northern Kentucky have been responding to a rash of mulch fires. Officials say unusually warm and dry weather has created conditions in which mulch catches fire easily – usually from carelessly discarded cigarette butts. The Kentucky Enquirer reported …