Cigarette butt sparks fire in Malé City home
The Maldives National Defence Force said that the cigarette butt was discarded from a higher floor on another building
MNDF's fire trucks attend the fire at Adha in Henveiru of capital city Malé
Rescue officers quelled a minor house fire in capital city Malé early on Monday, caused by a littered cigarette butt.
The discarded cigarette had landed on a mop placed to dry outside on the fifth floor of a building, Adha in Henveiru ward, which caught fire.
The Maldives National Defence Force said that the cigarette butt was discarded from a higher floor on another building.
Officers had managed to quell the fire roughly 10 minutes after it was reported to them at around 1:15 am.
The fire reportedly had not caused much damage to the house and officers are further investigating the case.
