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Des Moines: Smoking materials caused deadly fire in Urbana 

State fire officials say an apartment fire in Urbana where a woman died last weekend was caused by smoking materials that were carelessly discarded in the living room.

Brenda Beard was injured in the fire last Saturday. The 54-year-old woman was taken to a Cedar Rapids hospital where she later died of respiratory failure due to smoke inhalation.

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