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Police: Cigarette caused fatal fire in Homewood 

ette was the cause of a fire last Friday which caused the deaths of Cora Raiford, 83, and her son, Kenneth Raiford, 56, in their Homewood home, police said.

Before he died in West Penn Hospital, Kenneth Raiford told police that he had been smoking on the porch before the fire. A hot ash from his cigarette ignited some furniture and led to the house being engulfed in flames, police investigator Tom Huerbin said last night.

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