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Careless smoking blamed in fire that killed 3 

Careless smoking near an overstuffed chair was the likely cause of a house fire that killed a mother and her two young daughters, fire officials said Wednesday.

Also, a smoke detector in the Fort Wayne was not working at the time of the Sunday morning fire that killed Debra Sallis, 23, and her daughters, 4-year-old Johniya Bennett and 5-year-old Johnae Bennett, firefighters said.

"The evidence is consistent with burning materials being dropped on the overstuffed chair," the Fort Wayne Fire Department statement said.

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