Bend fire officials said ashes from a marijuana pipe that were put in a trash can sparked a fire that caused $100,000 damage to the second story of a duplex on Awbrey Butte Thursday morning — one of five Bend fires in just 24 hours caused by improper disposal of smoking materials.
Firefighters responded around 10 a.m. to the fire in the 2500 block Northwest Awbrey Road and quickly knocked down a fire burning in the second-floor apartment of a two-story house, said Deputy Fire Marshal Dan Derlacki.
Damage was limited to the second story residence, sparing the first-floor vacation rental of any major damage, Derlacki said.