Smoking materials cause fire at apartment complex

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wilmington Fire Department responded to a structure fire early Sunday morning at the Pines of Wilmington.

WFD Battalion Chief Randy Burton said when units arrived to the scene, firefighters found a small outside fire that had involved the siding of one apartment. He says the fire was quickly extinguished and they removed smoke from inside of the apartment.

Burton says the cause was improperly discarded smoking materials and damages to the siding cost approximately $1,500.

No injures were reported.