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Cigarette suspected in fatal Seabrook fire  

Jump to full article: Portsmouth (NH) Herald, 2009-11-12
Author: Patrick Cronin

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Officials suspect a discarded cigarette may have caused a fatal fire at a Collins Street home early Saturday morning.

Fire officials determined the blaze that killed Charles Hewitt, 20, originated on the rear porch of 41 Collins St. The area in question, according to New Hampshire fire investigator Tom Riley, was used by those who lived there as a smoking area.

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