Officials: Discarded cigarette caused Md. apartment fire

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A discarded cigarette butt is believed to have caused a fire that displaced 29 people.

The cigarette tossed on a second-floor balcony sparked the Thursday afternoon fire in Frederick, the Frederick News Post reported.

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