BEND, OR -- A home in the Broken Top neighborhood of Bend suffered $30,000 in damage due to improperly disposed of smoking materials. The fire started on the deck of a duplex on Bridge Creek Road, Wednesday afternoon. 

Firefighters knocked down the flames within 13 minutes of arriving on scene, and damage was confined to the exterior of one unit of the duplex.

Investigators say smoking materials on the back deck smoldered for hours before actual flames were seen.