Discarded cigarette sparks apartment fire in Oklahoma City

 
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.com
Published: February 26, 2012

A discarded cigarette started a fire that displaced 17 people Saturday afternoon at an Oklahoma City apartment complex, authorities said.

About 4 p.m., a smoking air conditioning unit was reported at the Quail Lakes apartments near Memorial Road and Pennsylvania Avenue, Oklahoma City Fire Battalion Chief Steve Lumry said. Firefighters learned that a discarded cigarette on a second- story balcony burned the apar...


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