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Cigarette Cause Of Fire At NW OKC Apartment Complex

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According to the fire department, at about 2:40 a.m. Thursday, crews responded to the fire at the Pinehurst Apartments, located as 12301 N. MacArthur Boulevard in Oklahoma City. According to the fire department, at about 2:40 a.m. Thursday, crews responded to the fire at the Pinehurst Apartments, located as 12301 N. MacArthur Boulevard in Oklahoma City.
Fire officials say someone was smoking on the balcony and threw away a cigarette, and when they came back outside, the balcony was on fire. Fire officials say someone was smoking on the balcony and threw away a cigarette, and when they came back outside, the balcony was on fire.
OKLAHOMA CITY -

Firefighters extinguished a fire at an apartment complex in northwest Oklahoma City early Thursday morning.

According to the fire department, at about 2:40 a.m. Thursday, crews responded to the fire at the Pinehurst Apartments, located at 12301 N. MacArthur Boulevard in Oklahoma City.

Several apartments were evacuated as firefighters battled the blaze. No one was injured in the fire.

Two units at the apartment complex were damaged.

Fire officials say a tenant was smoking on the balcony and threw away a cigarette. But when she came back outside, the balcony was on fire.

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