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Jump to full article: WDIV-Ch. 4 (Detroit, MI), 2008-04-15
Intro: DETROIT -- Careless smoking may have started a fire that took the life of a 90-year-old man Tuesday morning, said fire investigators.
When firefighters responded to a fire on Dorris Street around 4 a.m. on Detroit's northwest side, they found an elderly the man dead in a reclining chair on the second floor.
Investigators said the man fell asleep while smoking a cigar.
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