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Careless smoking sparks fatal fire 

Overland Park fire officials said today that careless smoking caused a fatal duplex fire that killed a woman and her dog on Easter Sunday.

Officials said Bonnie J. Franz, 58, and her pet died in a blaze that broke out about 4:30a.m. at her residence at 9014 W. 78th Circle. Franz and another person, both smokers, lived at the residence but she was the only one home at the time of the fire, said Overland Park fire spokesman Jason Rhodes.

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