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Cigarette likely sparked fire at nursing home  

A cigarette likely sparked the fire that caused the evacuation of the Bridgewater Nursing Home on Saturday, according to Director Larry LeBlanc.

“When I got here it was like in the movies. There were a lot of firemen and emergency medical equipment,” said LeBlanc. “There was a smoldering fire outside of the building next door to a shed, but the smoke penetrated into a small area of the basement through an old stone (foundation) … We can thank our lucky stars that no patients were affected by the smoke or the fire.”

LeBlanc did not say if the smoker was identified or penalized.

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