Hampton fire officials say a candle being used to defrost a freezer started a fire that damaged a beachside hotel and apartment complex. The Portsmouth Herald reports that an occupant of the apartment left the candle burning unattended when he left his apartment at Jonathans on the Oceanfront hotel and apartments on Ocean Boulevard. The buildings fire alarm was activated just after 9 a.m. Tuesday and its sprinkler system extinguished most of the blaze within minutes.
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