Smokers are being warned to be more careful with their ashes after a garbage can caught fire in a St. George's home on Monday night causing minor heat and smoke damage to the property.

Fire Sgt. Wenda Godfrey said the Fire Service arrived at a Queen Street home to find a trash can on fire inside one of the rooms.

"An occupant of the house discarded cigarette ashes in a trash can and left to go to work," Sgt. Godfrey said.