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· Teen Smoking/Youth
· Fires/Injuries
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· South Africa
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Jump to full article: The Independent Online (IOL) (za), 2009-06-04
Intro: The fire that ravaged the Helderberg earlier in 2009 was caused by children smoking, not by arson, according to investigation findings released on Thursday. . . .
"[It] was started by children who'd been smoking.
"They'd been smoking one of these hubbly-bubblies, and they discarded the burning embers into some dry fynbos," he said.
One of the South Peninsula fires, that started in the Welcome Glen valley, had also resulted from children smoking in the bushes.
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