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Fire on historic Swiss bridge causes major damage

Authorities say a discarded match, cigarette or related item caused the fire on a 200-year-old wooden bridge in northern Switzerland.

A fire on a 200-year-old wooden bridge in northern Switzerland has caused several hundred thousand Swiss francs worth of damage. A cigarette butt is a possible culprit. The fire broke out on Wednesday in Olten, a city between Basel, Bern and Zurich. Authorities said on Thursday that carelessly disca...

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