Crime & Safety
Cigarette May Have Sparked Fire in Millbrae Thursday
Officials are still investigating, though.
By Bay City News Service:
Firefighters extinguished a brush fire in Millbrae Thursday morning, a fire official said.
Three engines put out the half-acre blaze shortly after it began at 10:47 a.m. near South Airport Boulevard, according to Millbrae Fire Division Chief Ron Lavezzo.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, although it appears to have been possibly started by a cigarette, according to Lavezzo.
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