Officials believe careless smoking is to blame for an apartment fire downtown.
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It broke out around 7:30 p.m. Sunday on the eighth floor of The Empire Apartments on Hughson near Cannon.
Officials say when the first crews arrived, they found a well-involved balcony fire, which spread inside that unit and the apartment next door.
Damage has been set at $100,000.
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