FIRE STARTERS

This cigarette looks innocent sitting there by itself, but aside from the health issues it can cause, this little cigarette can cause widespread destruction and destroy people’s lives simply by being tossed out of a moving vehicle or carelessly discarded while still lit. We’ve all seen it; someone in a car flicks a lit cigarette out of a car while driving down the road. The person who discarded the cigarette thinks nothing of it as they travel on their way. But other people will have to deal with the consequences of what can happen.

A lit cigarette in dry grass is like a flaming match in gasoline. Once the cigarette is flicked out of a moving vehicle, it does not disappear. It usually stays lit and is bounced around the road by other moving vehicles or by wind. Sometimes the lit cigarette is run over and snuffed out, sometimes it is carried to the side of the road where it simply burns out, but all too often, the lit cigarette is tossed or carried into the dry brush or weeds on the side of the road where it smolders for a short time before erupting into flames.
If it is a windy, hot day, this can spell tragedy for many people.

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