A SANTA CRUZ APARTMENT FIRE REPORTEDLY BEGAN WHEN SMOKING MATERIALS WERE DISCARDED WITH FLAMMABLE MATERIALS VERY EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TO FIND A PARTIALLY EXTINGUISHED FIRE IN A BEDROOM. ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE BUTTON STREET APARTMENT WERE OUTSIDE. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE BLAZE DID ABOUT 1 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE.
