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Woman Falls Asleep While Smoking, Lights Apt. on Fire 

PUEBLO - A cigarette butt was the cause of a fire that destroyed a 6-unit apartment building Friday afternoon.

The fire broke out at the intersection of Amherst and Oxford St. in Pueblo, just a couple of blocks from the State Fair Grounds at about 2:00pm. . . .

"She stated she was asleep and had been smoking in bed," he explained. The woman was transported to St. Mary Corwin Hospital with burns. Her condition is unknown.

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