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Last updated on Wednesday, March 11, 2015
(COLUMBUS) - An apartment fire in Columbus is believed to have been sparked by a resident smoking in bed.
Columbus Fire Department firefighters were called to the 800 block of California Street at 6:22 a.m. Saturday.
The resident, 18-year-old Danielle Tackett, told firefighters that she was in her bed smoking a cigarette and fell asleep. She awoke to find smoke in the room and noticed her mattress was on fire. Tackett told firefighters that she attempted to put the fire out herself. After applying water to the mattress fire, Tackett called 911 and then alerted her neighbors.
Columbus Regional Heath paramedics assessed Tackett at the scene, but she refused treatment.
Capt. Mike Wilson says investigators found that none of the four apartments in the former single-family had a working smoke detector.
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