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Careless smoking blamed in Hamilton highrise fire

FILE - Officials say careless smoking caused a fire in a Hamilton apartment. File / 900 CHML

Officials are blaming careless smoking for a fire that destroyed a seventh-floor apartment unit near Gage Park.

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Just before 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, firefighters were called to the building on Cumberland Avenue,  where they found heavy fire and smoke on the balcony of a seventh-floor unit.

Fire officials say the blaze spread into the apartment and caused $70,000 in damage.

Two men who were in the apartment managed to escape unharmed.

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