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Police: Mom Leaves Toddler To Get Fast-Food, Returns To Apartment Fire  

Jump to full article: KIRO/SeattleInsider.com Channel 7, 2008-05-08

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A 22-month-old boy was left alone inside an apartment when a lit cigarette tossed in a garbage can started a fire, said police.

The 23-year-old mother could face charges for leaving her child to get fast-food, and returning to an apartment engulfed in flames.

Chopper 7 was over the massive apartment fire at the Chestnut Hill apartments in Puyallup Wednesday.

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