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Wheelchair-Bound Residents Carried Down Stairs Amid Evacuation
Jump to full article: WTAE-TV 4 (Pittsburgh, PA), 2009-10-14
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Intro: BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. --
The state fire marshal said a lit cigarette is to blame for a fire at an assisted living high-rise that killed an 86-year-old woman.
More than 100 senior citizens were evacuated Monday from the 11-story Bridgeville Towers at 479 Bank St.
Fire crews were called to the building shortly after 7 p.m. and found Dorothy Haskins burned inside a fourth-floor apartment, where the fire started.
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