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Officials: Cigarette Caused Fatal Fire 

Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2009-07-31

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The Maryland fire marshal's office says a cigarette caused a fatal fire in Easton in June.

The fire on June 3 claimed the life of Stacey Blake. The one-alarm blaze in the apartment building caused about $100,000 in damage.

Fire officials say Blake had been smoking in the rear bedroom and apparently dropped a cigarette in a closet

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