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Lauderdale Lakes: Cigarette may have caused fire that displaced 9 people 

A fire that burned through an apartment and displaced nine people Thursday afternoon may have been ignited by a homeless man's cigarette, the Broward Sheriff's Office said. The American Red Cross assisted three adults and six children displaced by the flames.

The fire may have been accidentally started by Henry Boykins, 54, who had been living in the electric utility room of a one-story building on the 3900 block of Northwest 30th Terrace, authorities said.

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