Fire destroys Salem apartment building



SALEM, S.D. (AP) - No one was hurt in a fire that destroyed a four-plex apartment building in Salem.

     Authorities say that two apartments in the single-level building were occupied, and both tenants were able to get out when the fire broke out early Monday. One of them escaped through a back door and the other through a bedroom window. They're getting help from the Red Cross.

     Firefighters were on the scene for 5  1/2 hours. The fire was blamed on a cigarette in an outdoor ashtray.