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Two recent fires, both caused by cigarettes left burning in planters, are ringing a note of alarm throughout the community and prompting local fire officials to want to get the word out about fire safety essentials.
The late night Castle Ridge fire, which destroyed an entire apartment building and left 17 local employees homeless, could have been less devastating had the project been built under more modern building codes, but it also could have been worse in terms of life safety, because none of the fire or smoke alarms in the building was triggered, said fire officials.
Less than two weeks later, on June 23, another improperly extinguished cigarette started a fire in a flower box at the Centennial affordable housing complex. Although the latter fire was extinguished before it caused any property damage or threatened any lives, it alarmed fire officials, who had hoped the widely publicized cause of the Castle Ridge fire would have been all the warning needed.
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