Cigarettes To Blame For Thanksgiving Day Apartment Fire
By: Jackie Smith
Updated: November 28, 2011
ODESSA -- Cigarettes are to blame for an apartment fire that left five families homeless on Thanksgiving day.
The fire happened Thursday morning around 3 AM at the Las Placitas Apartments at University and Dawn in Odessa. The Odessa Fire Departments tells Big 2 the fire that started in a bedroom was lit by cigarettes. Two units were completely destroyed and others suffered major smoke damage.
The Red Cross is assisting the five different families affected.
The fire happened Thursday morning around 3 AM at the Las Placitas Apartments at University and Dawn in Odessa. The Odessa Fire Departments tells Big 2 the fire that started in a bedroom was lit by cigarettes. Two units were completely destroyed and others suffered major smoke damage.
The Red Cross is assisting the five different families affected.
