Daniel Williams
Champaign Fire Department Lt. Roger Cruse checks the outside of the house at 511 E. Washington St., Champaign, on Tuesday.
CHAMPAIGN – A woman, two teen-age daughters and a younger child escaped a house fire in Champaign on Tuesday.
Champaign fire spokeswoman Dena Schumacher said the fire was caused by a smoked cigarette that had been left on the floor of a small back porch just off the kitchen at 511 E. Washington St.
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