Fire alert over discarded cigarettes

Fire crews from Tankersley and Stocksbridge stations were called to Spring Row in Thurgoland just after midnight on Wednesday, after neighbours spotted smoke rising from the roof of a house currently undergoing building work.

A spokesman for South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said: "The fire was caused after a neighbour accidentally flicked a discarded cigarette butt through an open skylight, which then landed on the roof of the property.

"The fire itself was very small, with the cigarette igniting some plastic sheeting used to cover the open roof during the building work.

"But firefighters say on another day the incident could have been far more serious."