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Death In Nursing Home Fire Blamed On Careless Smoking  

1 Dies, 8 Injured In Nursing Home Fire
Jump to full article: WJXT-Channel 4 (Jacksonville, FL), 2008-04-20

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GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- A man in his 60s died Saturday afternoon and at least eight others were injured after the victim's bed in a Green Cove Springs nursing home caught fire. Fire investigators believe the man was smoking in bed.

The fire broke out about 4:40 p.m. in the east wing of the Governor's Creek Health and Rehabilitation Center on Oak Street.

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