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Careless smoking blamed for deadly blaze 

Jump to full article: Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press, 2008-06-16

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A house-trailer fire that killed three boys and their 57-year-old uncle in Pukatawagan March 10 was caused by the careless disposal of a smoking item, according to officials.

A spokesman for the Office of the Fire Commissioner could not clarify who tossed the item or whether it was a lit cigarette.

Letrel Bighetty-Castel, 5, and his two cousins, Robert Castel-Lapensee Jr., 4, and Troi Castel-Lapensee, 3, died in the blaze

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