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[Canada] Smoking materials caused Stony Plain apartment fire
Investigators say smoking materials on a second floor balcony started flames in the 32-unit apartment building, displacing over 60 residents Thursday night.
May 12, 2013
CBC News (ca)
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May 13, 2013 03:16
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[Missouri] Gotta have another cigarette...last one
The victim is Delores Anderson, 75. The structure is owned by Spring River Christian Village. ... The victim was smoking while on oxygen equipment.
May 11, 2013
Joplin (MO) Independent
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May 11, 2013 14:23
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Psychiatric Hospital Fires Continue to Plague Russia
Unauthorized smoking in bed during nighttime was cited by investigators as the most likely cause of the previous two fires at psychiatric hospitals that killed a total of 39 people.
May 9, 2013
RIA Novosti (Russian Information Agency) (ru)
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May 9, 2013 00:58
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[Canada] Smoking senior ignites shirt, goes up in flames
A 76-year-old man is dead after he ignited his shirt instead of his cigarette at a seniors' residence north of Montreal. Louis Beaupre was consumed by flames on the balcony of a home in suburban Boisbriand, Que.
May 8, 2013
Toronto (Ont) Sun (ca)
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May 8, 2013 15:34
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[UK] Bungalow blaze kills Tameside woman – ‘smoking’ in bedroom may have sparked inferno
The death of a woman in a Tameside bungalow blaze left firefighters consoling shocked and devastated residents of her street yesterday. The 59-year-old woman was dragged from her house by six firefighters in breathing apparatus who discovered her whole
May 7, 2013
Mancunian Matters (uk)
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May 7, 2013 09:10
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[UK] Warning issued for smoking related fires
WIGAN borough’s fire chief has issued a stern warning about the dangers of smoking leading to house fires. Nearly 30 blazes were caused by smoking materials in the borough since 2011, according to figures obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
May 6, 2013
Leigh Reporter (uk)
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May 6, 2013 14:42
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[Florida] Firefighter injured after blaze started by woman smoking in bed
The woman wasn't hurt but a firefighter was and had to be taken to the hospital.
May 4, 2013
Baynews 9 (Tampa, FL)
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May 5, 2013 22:06
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[New York] Carmel fire survivor's smoking habits were crucial to questioning
The lone survivor of a fire that killed his parents and two sisters at their home last May repeatedly told police he had no idea what started the blaze, only suggesting near the end of a five-hour interrogation that an ember from his cigarette "probably"
May 4, 2013
New York Journal News
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May 5, 2013 20:32
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[Utah] Smoldering cigarette butts blamed for Millcreek apartment fire
Smoldering cigarette butts blamed for Millcreek apartment fire By Bob Mims | The Salt Lake Tribune First Published May 03 2013 10:10 am • Last Updated May 03 2013 04:20 pm Discarded cigarettes have been blamed for a fire that heavily damaged a Millcreek a
May 4, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune
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May 4, 2013 11:42
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[Massachusetts] VIDEO: Careless smoking blamed for fatal BU house fire
Boston fire investigators determined Thursday the careless disposal of smoking material led to the fatal three alarm fire early Sunday that killed a Boston University student.
May 3, 2013
WCVB-Ch. 5 (Boston, MA)
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May 7, 2013 09:14