A FIREWORK was hurled into a resident's garden overnight, setting a tree ablaze.
An evergreen tree caught fire after a banger-type explosive was set off in Farnworth during the early hours of this morning.
Several residents were woken by the loud bang, which went off in the rear garden of a home in Arthur Street.
Fire crews from Farnworth were called to the incident at about 4.40am.
Dan King, crew manager at Farnworth Fire Station, said: "Someone had thrown a banger over the fence into a garden, which had set fire to a small evergreen tree.
"We extinguished the flames.
"We discovered the remaining pieces of firework casing underneath the tree.
"It had woken a number of residents up."
The female occupant of the house called 999 to alert the fire brigade.
Crews were in attendance for about 20 minutes.
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