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Jump to full article: KESQ News Channel 3 (Palm Desert, CA), 2008-05-02
Author: Staff reports and KESQ.com news services
Intro: Fire officials said Thursday that a lit cigarette was the cause of the 784-acre Apache Wildland Fire burning in the San Jacinto Mountains.
During a news conference Thursday evening, U.S. Forest Service officials said a cigarette butt disgarded on a hiking trail sparked the fire. So far, crews have the blaze burning near Apache Peak at 25 percent containment.
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