A small fire erupted at a popular summer hangout spot Hanlan’s Point Sunday afternoon.
According to Toronto Fire, fire crews were called to Hanlan’s Point Park Trail around 1 pm to put out the grass/rubbish fire.
Fire (grass/rubbish) [Toronto]
Lakeshore Avenue
b/w Hanlan’s Point Park Trail / Hanlan’s Point Park Trail
Dispatched: 17/06/18 @ 13:02 EDT
[Stn: 335] Pumper-335
General Area: https://t.co/Suz9mxoTbd— Toronto Fire (@tofire) June 17, 2018
A tweet from Hanlan’s Point mooring wall advised the public to not throw cigarette butts on the ground as a butt “might catch on fire.”
Don’t throw your cigarette butts on the ground – it might catch on fire.
— Hanlan’s Point (@HanlansWall) June 18, 2018
Footage shared on social media shows the grass surrounding a tree on fire, which sent plumes of white smoke into the sky.
Holy fuck there’s a grass fire near Hanlan’s beach. The white fluffs and a cigarette most likely. pic.twitter.com/DFdyB5G45X
— Christopher Clark (@heychristofur) June 17, 2018
Tree completely ablaze. pic.twitter.com/oHTeStW3VH
— Christopher Clark (@heychristofur) June 17, 2018
While Toronto Fire has yet to confirm the cause of the fire, a combination of extreme heat and a cigarette butt is the likely cause.