Two DeLand residents were displaced early Monday morning after a cigarette sparked a fire that spread to their home.
Shortly after 1:15 a.m. on Monday, May 5, multiple DeLand Fire Department units were dispatched to a single-story, 1-000-square-foot manufactured home located on Black Olive Drive in DeLand, according to DFD.
The first DFD units arrived on-scene at 1:24 a.m., and crew members saw flames through the roof. They learned that the home’s two residents had safely evacuated the property prior to the arrival of firefighters, crediting their working smoke detector for alerting them in the time.
The flames were extinguished by DFD crews.
The fire department stated that an investigation revealed that the blaze was accidentally caused by a discarded cigarette butt, which ignited the mulch outside the home. The flames then spread up the vinyl siding into an interior wall before eventually reaching the ceiling and roof.
There were no injuries reported.
In a social media post, DFD said that the American Red Cross is assisting the home’s displaced occupants.