Firefighters: Fireworks cause three house fires in Clearwater
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Courtesy: Clearwater Fire Rescue
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Fireworks are to blame for three house fires in Clearwater Saturday night and early Sunday morning, according to Clearwater Fire Rescue.
Firefighters said one fire started on a roof.
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Courtesy: Clearwater Fire Rescue
The other two fires started when someone put fireworks that were not properly extinguished inside a garbage can.
The garbage can began to burn and caught the adjacent house on fire, according to CFR.
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