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Smoking cited in fatal Shallowater blaze 

An investigation by the state Fire Marshal's Office determined Friday evening that unsafe smoking practices caused the fatal house fire earlier that afternoon in the 800 block of 13th Street in Shallowater.

Kelly Vandygriff, an investigator with the Fire Marshal's Office, said the fire claimed the life of only one victim, an adult woman whose name he was not authorized to release Saturday. The fire resulted from "unsafe smoking practices" in one of the house's rear bedrooms, he said.

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