Careless Smoking in Kansas Leads to Fire~

Just one more good reason to Quit Smoking!

A small fire in an Overland Park, Kansas apartment basement was blamed on careless smoking

Overland Park and Lenexa, Kansas fire crews responded to a call before midnight a the Louisburg Square Apartments in Overland Park. Crews extinguished the fire quickly. There were no injuries, and all residents were able to return to their apartments.

According to the Overland Park Fire Department, investigators believe a carelessly discarded cigarette burned through a bedroom floor and into the apartment basement. One of the residents in the damaged apartment told investigators that he awoke in another room, smelled smoke and found a fire in the bedroom where his wife was sleeping.

The fire department recommends smokers to smoke outside if at all possible, completely extinguish cigarettes in sand or water before discarding and never smoke when tired or drowsy.