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College Fire Blamed On Smoking; Victims Drunk 

Fire Accidentally Started in Couch, Investigators Say
Jump to full article: WLWT-5 (Cincinnatti, OH), 2005-04-15

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Smoking materials accidentally ignited a couch and started the fire that killed three Miami University students in an off-campus house last Sunday, a fire investigators' report said.

The three victims were drunk, all with blood-alcohol levels more than double Ohio's legal limit for driving, Butler County Coroner Richard Burkhardt said Friday.

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