Cigarette butts extinguished in a flowerpot ignited potting soil and started a fire that destroyed two Post Falls homes Sunday, according to fire investigators. The fire started on the back deck at 1140 W. Deschutes, spread to the deck railing and then to the home’s vinyl siding, Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Jim Lyon said today.

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