A fire apparently caused by cigarette smoking caused minimal damage to a second-floor Tara Hills apartment on Wednesday afternoon.
A fire apparently caused by cigarette smoking caused minimal damage to a second-floor Tara Hills apartment on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
No one was home when firefighters arrived at about 1 p.m. Wednesday, said Josh Waldo, Oak Ridge Fire Department assistant fire chief.
The fire caused an estimated $1,000 in damages, mostly to the building’s exterior, Waldo said.
Firefighters found an ashtray on the porch. They removed exterior paneling after they spotted smoke behind it.
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