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Cigarette Ignites Fire In Salinas Home

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SALINAS - A fire in Salinas that kept one family out of their home Saturday night.

It happened just before 2 p.m. on Melrose Avenue near Hartnell College.

Four Salinas fire crews responded to the home and evacuated neighbors.

Firefighters said it started in the garage when someone threw a cigarette in a garbage can.

Crews were able to keep the major part of the damage in in the garage and attic.

No one was hurt.

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