Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Provo fire officials say cottonwood seeds that lazily travel through the air helped fuel two small fires over the weekend.
Deputy Fire Chief Tom Augustus says the balls of white fluff are almost as volatile as gasoline.
One fire sparked by a discarded cigarette damaged a fence along the Provo River Trail.
Augustus tells the Daily Herald of Provo (http://bit.ly/RxoHU1 ) that firefighters found dozens of cottonwood seeds still burning at a second home where some stairs were damaged.
Augustus says the seeds can build up in window wells and become flash fires when sparks hit.
___
Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldextra.com
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
