Firefighters respond to mulch fire started by cigarette

Columbia firefighters responded to the 400 block of Vandiver Drive on Thursday afternoon for reports of a fire.

Firefighters tweeted that it was a small mulch fire that was started by a cigarette.

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The fire comes just one day after Jefferson City firefighters responded to a Walgreens for a trash fire started by a cigarette.