Mar 3, 2018 1 min read

A lit cigarette may have started a fire Saturday afternoon that damaged a porch on a home near North Main Street and Hallam Avenue and some of the furniture.

Firefighters were called just after 2 p.m. to the home at 563 N. Main St. after smoke was seen coming from the porch.

Fire Capt. Jerry Coleman said a neighbor had knocked the fire knocked down before city fire crews arrived. The fire destroyed some furniture and a run as well as damaged the porch. Coleman said the fire did not spread to the inside of the house.

Coleman said a husband and wife lived in the home, but their names were not immediately available.