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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, March 28, 1993                   TAG: 9303280087
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: E-5   EDITION: METRO 
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CIGARETTE SPARKS FIRE IN ROANOKE

A burning cigarette ignited a couch which burned the inside of a Northeast Roanoke apartment Saturday morning, authorities said.

District Fire Chief Garry Basham said about 11 firefighters were called to the Thrasher Manor Apartment on Old Vinton Mill Road about 8:15 a.m.

At first firefighters detected little smoke, but when they opened the apartment, heavy smoke came rolling out.

Basham estimated about $15,000 worth of a damage to the apartment and its contents.

No one was injured in the blaze. 


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