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Jump to full article: KXAS-TV NBC-5 (Fort Worth, TX), 2008-04-28
Intro: Dallas firefighters said a cigarette started a fire inside a retirement home early Saturday morning.
The fire at the Dickinson Place Retirement Community in the 900 block of St. Joseph's Street started at about 1 a.m., firefighters said. Fire crews called in extra help to battle the blaze because it was on the 10th floor of the building.
Firefighters said a woman who lives at in the building either fell asleep with the cigarette in her hand or didn't extinguish it properly.
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