A discarded cigarette is believed to have set fire to a rabbit hutch in the back garden of a house in Old Spot Way, Winsford
A DISCARDED cigarette is believed to have set fire to a rabbit hutch.
Firefighter were called to reports of a fire at a house in Old Spot Way, Winsford at around 1pm today.
On arrival crews discovered that a fire involving a rabbit hutch in a back garden had spread to the guttering of two domestic properties.
Firefighters extinguished the fire with a hose reel jet.
A spokesman for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "The fire is believed to have been caused by a discarded cigarette."
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Two fire engines from Winsford and Northwich dealt with the incident.
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