CalFire and Truckee firefighters on Sunday night extinguished a small vegetation fire in Olympic Heights.

Officials believe the Sept. 14 9:20pm fire may have started from a discarded cigarette.

A plot about 20 feet by 30 feet burned. Officials said it was luck there was no wind that neighbors jumped on the fire before firefighters arrived.

“Remember it is still fire season and vegetation is very dry. Some of the largest fires in California have happened in September and October,” Truckee firefighters said in a press release.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report