Investigations by police and fire officers concluded that one of them had fallen asleep and dropped a lit cigarette end.
A cigarette end would have been enough to ignite the litter.
We often receive complaints regarding cigarette ends littering entrances and other areas.
People disposing of cigarette ends is a particular problem the wardens are looking at, but it is not always easy to catch people in the act.
The man denied the charge but was convicted after being linked to the crime by DNA from a cigarette end he discarded in the cab.
Investigations are now under way, but the station commander said that the fire could easily have been caused by something as simple as a discarded cigarette end.
She walked to the entrance, took a few puffs and unceremoniously threw the cigarette end down.
It was a major leak and it could have been disastrous if someone had flicked a cigarette end near to it.
He said it is believed a smouldering cigarette end caused the slow burning fire which destroyed a chair and caused smoke damage to four rooms.
A schoolboy arsonist flicked a lit cigarette end, sparking a major fire that caused an estimated £30,000 of damage to a supermarket.
Pru buried her cigarette end and smiled at her brother.
And anyone caught dropping litter - including chewing gum and cigarette ends - will be fined as the council vows to toughen up its bid to clean up the borough.
Many of the notices have been served against people throwing cigarette ends, which some may see as trivial.
The recent dry and warm weather has left open grassland in danger from the threat of cigarette ends left by walkers.
A burning cigarette end can smoulder for hours before igniting and spreading.
He said: ‘The memorial was full of litter and cigarette ends.’
Occasionally, we had to stop for her to detach a small patch of darkened chewing gum or mushed cigarette end from her soles.
People do not realise when they drop chewing gum and cigarette ends how difficult it is to pick it up when it goes between the cobbles.
An ashtray emptied into a bin had contained a still burning cigarette end.
It is not known what caused the fire, but arson or a discarded cigarette end have not been ruled out.