Cigarette suspected in freeway brush fire A...

Cigarette suspected in freeway brush fire

A cigarette butt may have caused a grass fire near the Costa Mesa

Freeway’s connector to the Corona del Mar Freeway on Wednesday

afternoon, California Highway Patrol officials said.

Costa Mesa firefighters responded to the 4 p.m. call, Capt. Jim

Gottenbos said.

Four full-time firefighters and two Explorers arrived at the scene

and had the fire under control within 15 minutes, he said.

“It couldn’t have been fireworks because it would have been hard

for fireworks to get that far,” he said. “We’re still looking into

what caused it.”

The affected area was about 40 feet by 60 feet of low brush,

Gottenbos said.