{"id":202626,"date":"2026-05-26T16:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202626\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:36:17","slug":"improper-cigarette-disposal-sparks-2m-fire-at-erie-county-golf-club-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202626\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Improper&#8217; cigarette disposal sparks $2M fire at Erie County golf club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f64dd400-9244-4f7e-923f-4b5a56d90008_750x422-cuHKch-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1088898\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The improper disposal of a cigarette caused $2 million worth of damage during a Saturday morning fire at an Erie County golf club.<\/p>\n<p>The fire happened at Arrowhead Golf Course on Clarence Center Road in Akron, where flames and heavy smoke were reported. The Newstead Fire Company was called to the scene at 10:38 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Fire crews quickly reported \u201cactive heavy smoke and fire showing from the northwest corner of the rear building,\u201d identified as The Sterling at Arrowhead Golf Club. People were evacuating the building when crews arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the size of the commercial building and the active fire conditions, officials said a second alarm was immediately requested, adding more resources and more manpower to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fire was quickly contained and extinguished,\u201d according to the Newstead Fire Company.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported, and the Erie County Sheriff\u2019s Office Fire Investigation Unit later determined the cause of the fire was \u201cimproper disposal of a cigarette,\u201d according to the fire department.<\/p>\n<p>WGRZ-TV NBC 2 Buffalo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The improper disposal of a cigarette caused $2 million worth of damage during a Saturday morning fire at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,8338,237],"class_list":["post-202626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-mid-atlantic-region","tag-new-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}