Know where your flashlight is
By Joe Morris
Business Editor
A fire apparently started by a cigarette lighter destroyed a two-story downtown building Saturday afternoon and could force an adjacent restaurant to close.
The apartment's resident, Lee Mabry, 71, said he probably started the fire by using a lighter to search for a flashlight after his bedroom lamp bulb burned out. He left the windowless bedroom briefly, and when he returned, he found the room engulfed in flames, Mabry said.
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By Joe Morris
Business Editor
A fire apparently started by a cigarette lighter destroyed a two-story downtown building Saturday afternoon and could force an adjacent restaurant to close.
The apartment's resident, Lee Mabry, 71, said he probably started the fire by using a lighter to search for a flashlight after his bedroom lamp bulb burned out. He left the windowless bedroom briefly, and when he returned, he found the room engulfed in flames, Mabry said.
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