CRAIG T. KOJIMA / STAR-BULLETIN
Cigarette starts blaze on top floor of high-rise
Firefighters looked out yesterday from the burned-out balcony of an apartment at 2550 Kuhio Ave. in Waikiki. A lit cigarette butt caused a fire in a top-floor unit, causing $30,000 damage to the unit and its contents.
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