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Discarded cigarette is likely cause of Jupiter house fire that killed woman 

Jump to full article: Palm Beach (FL) Post, 2009-10-21
Author: ANDREW MARRA Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

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A fire that killed a 46-year-old woman in her Jupiter home was most likely caused by a discarded cigarette, police said this afternoon.

Authorities concluded that the Tuesday night fire was set accidentally in the master bedroom of Susan Reger's home at 5752 Sugarwood Court in the Woodland Estates development.

Reger's son escaped the home but she was pronounced dead after being pulled from the blaze by firefighters.

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