Firefighters called to extinguish trash can fire

<p dir="ltr"><span>A Tuesday afternoon fire call at 642 State St. was caused by a smoldering trash can, according to Chester Fire Chief Marty Bert.</span>

<p dir="ltr"><span>&ldquo;(The residents) had dumped some cigarette butts they were done with into the trash can,&rdquo; Bert said. &ldquo;When they came home they had light smoke in the house.&rdquo;</span>

<p dir="ltr"><span>Bert said the trash can was the only area in the house affected and that the residents had arrived home, opened the door and discovered the smoke.</span>

<p dir="ltr"><span>Firefighters, who were paged out at 1:42 p.m. on the report of smoke coming from a residence, addressed the problem quickly and were back in service at 2:20 p.m.</span>