Jump to full article: KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh, PA), 2009-10-30
Intro: Investigators say a fire in Blawnox that forced dozens of elderly residents of a high-rise to evacuate was caused by smoking.
Officials say a resident fell asleep while smoking a cigarette in a fifth-floor apartment.
Two years ago, a fire started in the same building because a tenant threw a cigarette in a wastebasket.
The Allegheny County Housing Authority is considering changing its policy.
"What we're going to do is send a survey out . . .
Aggazio says he spoke with evacuated residents at Hoboken Presbyterian Church.
"And I talked to smokers and non-smokers alike and it was very unanimous that they wish that we could ban smoking in the units," he said.
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