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He should have just kept his butt in the car.
His cigarette butt, that is.
It's a cigarette butt that caused a man to be arrested after a fire started after he flicked out his cigarette and a fire started.
Amarillo Police say officers, along with firefighters, were dispatched to the area behind 3220 Soncy on a grassfire. Stephen Ieropol, 39, said he flicked his cigarette away and a fire started. He tried to put the fire out unsuccessfully and then reported the fire.
The fire caused extensive damage to a fence behind 3220 Soncy, Police said.
Leropol is charged with a violation of Amarillo Municipal Code 10-2-16, for failure to properly dispose of his lit cigarette. He was booked into the Randall County Detention Center.
