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Jump to full article: KEYE Ch. 2 CBS (Austin, TX), 2008-08-05
Intro: Smoking related fires are up in Central Texas. Smoldering cigarettes caused three apartment fires in less than two weeks.
Tuesday, the Austin Fire Department held a news conference about the dangers of leaving cigarettes unattended.
At the Retreat at Barton Creek apartments in South Austin, one cigarette destroyed 24 units, and caused damage totaling more than $2 million.
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