An apartment resident was able to control a fire that started from a discarded cigarette Saturday night, the Twin Falls Fire Department said.
Fire crews were called to the Saratoga Apartments, near Caswell Avenue and Wendell Street, south of Robert Stuart Middle School, at 9 p.m., the department said in a Monday statement. When firefighters arrived, the apartment occupant led them to an upstairs balcony where there was still a small fire.
“The occupant had used several fire extinguishers prior to our arrival, which she learned to use at one of our Fire Department community training events,” Battalion Chief Mitchell Brooks said. Fire crews extinguished the remaining fire and searched the building for damage. Of the eight apartments in the building, only one was damaged, the department said.