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An apartment fire hospitalized a woman Saturday after she dropped a lit cigarette on her dress, fire officials said.The unidentified woman was flown by LifeFlight to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after suffering moderate burns, said Tommy Hemphill, shift commander of Columbia Fire Department.The fire broke out about noon at 401 Timber Trail at Cedar Point Apartments in one of the smaller, modular buildings.”She was lighting a cigarette with a match and she accidentally caught her nightgown she was wearing on fire,” Hemphill said.The woman stood up and attempted to put the fire out, but in the process caught several areas of her home on fire, including the hallway, kitchen and living room, he said.