Fire officials in Texas said a wildfire that burned 500 acres and destroyed five homes was started after glass bottles magnified sunlight to ignite paper trash inside a trash can.
In a statement posted Tuesday on the department's Facebook, Possum Kingdom West Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bonnie Watkins said on July 19, the day after the fire began, she began investigating to find out where the fire originated from.
According to Watkins, a wind gust opened the trash can lid, which allowed sunlight to magnify through the glass bottles until the trash ignited.
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