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Firefighters spray down a trailer after a discarded lit cigarette ignited dry grass near the trailer. The fire caused an estimated $10,000 damage. The trailer was vacant at the time of the fire. photo courtesy Hancock Volunteer Fire Company

by Geoff Fox

A discarded cigarette destroyed a mobile home on Orchard Ridge Road in Hancock last Tuesday evening.

According to fire officials, the call came in around 5:45 p.m. for a mobile home fire in…