A discarded cigarette is believed to have started a house fire at Burtonwood, Warrington on Christmas Eve.
At 17:30 one fire engine from Warrington and one from Merseyside attended reports of a house fire on Fairclough Street, Burtonwood.
Crews wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel water jet to put out a small fire in the living room of a property.
A large fan was also used to clear smoke. It is believed the cause of the fire was a discarded cigarette.
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