Cigarette butt lights Annex shrubs on fire

Lake City firefighter Josh Morris, uses a small hose as he prepares to extinguish shrubbery that caught fire near the Columbia County Courthouse Annex on Wednesday evening. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Lake City firefighter Josh Morris, uses a small hose as he prepares to extinguish shrubbery that caught fire near the Columbia County Courthouse Annex on Wednesday evening. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Local residents and firefighters were once again alerted to the dangers of a dry and arid landscape when shrubbery near the Columbia County Courthouse Annex caught fire Wednesday evening.

According to …