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Blaze engulfs Russian hospital, 38 dead
One of the two patients to survive gave evidence that a recently admitted drug addict was going through withdrawal and constantly breaching a smoking ban, investigators said. “I think the fire started because one of the patients often used to enjoy cigar
Apr 27, 2013
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
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Apr 26, 2013 22:26
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[Russia] Blaze at psychiatric hospital near Moscow leaves 38 dead
Investigators have not confirmed the story about the smoker and are also looking into other potential causes including arson and an electrical fault. But they say they believe the initial source of the fire was a sofa in the common room.
Apr 27, 2013
The Independent (uk)
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Apr 26, 2013 22:24
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[Tennessee] KFD: Someone smoking caused fire at West Knoxville apartment building
For the second time in two months, a fire was reported at a high rise apartment building near West Town Mall. The Knoxville Fire Department says someone who had been smoking caused a small fire Friday evening at the Westview Tower Apartments on Gleason
Apr 26, 2013
WBIR NBC (Knoxville, TN)
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Apr 27, 2013 13:11
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Russia: Psychiatric hospital fire caused by chain smoking patient say police
A fire has swept through a psychiatric hospital in a Moscow suburb killing 38 people. There were only three survivors a nurse and two patients. ... Investigators believe the fire was started by a chain smoking patient who was going through drug withdra
Apr 26, 2013
EuroNews
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Apr 26, 2013 21:51
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[Colorado] HANDY: Cigarettes and wildfires, round two
Yesterday I wrote about a U.S. Forest Service study that correlates a decrease in cigarette smokers to a decrease in wildfires caused by cigarettes. The study did not claim that the two were connected, but just noted that the trajectory of both–fewer smo
Apr 26, 2013
Colorado Springs (CO) Gazette
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Apr 26, 2013 05:44
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Fire kills dozens in Russian psychiatric hospital
Thirty-eight people were killed, most of them in their beds, in a fire that raged through a psychiatric hospital near Moscow ... she believed the most likely cause of the blaze was patients smoking, or perhaps a short circuit.
Apr 25, 2013
Reuters
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Apr 26, 2013 11:24
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[Arizona] Lighting up: E-cigarette charger sparks car fire in AZ
an e-cigarette left in a car charger sparked a fire. Unlike a regular cigarette, electronic cigarettes don't use smoke to deliver the nicotine, only vapor. There's a battery inside that heats up a magnetic coil to create the vapor. Still, this couple tho
Apr 25, 2013
KPHO CBS 5 News (Phoenix, AZ)
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Apr 25, 2013 14:07
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[Nevada] Careless smoking ignites fire, killing man
A man died Tuesday after his cigarette sparked a fire fueled by his oxygen tank in his living room, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski said. The man’s wife came home from work about 5:30 p.m. to their duplex in the 6100 block of Daisy P
Apr 24, 2013
Las Vegas Sun
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Apr 26, 2013 06:31
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[Colorado] Fire News / Fewer smokers. Fewer wildfires. Are they related?
According to a recent U.S. Forest Service study on wildfire ignitions, there seems to be a correlation between the two. The number of smoking-caused fires has dropped from 991 in the 1970s to 97 per year in the 2000s, the report said. "One possible exp
Apr 24, 2013
Colorado Springs (CO) Gazette
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Apr 26, 2013 05:47
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[Ohio] Police: 87-year-old woman hospitalized after smoking accident
An 87-year-old woman was rushed to Springfield Regional Medical Center Sunday morning after she was badly burned in her Chestnut Avenue residence, according to police.
Apr 21, 2013
WHIO-TV Channel 7 (Dayton, OH)
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Apr 23, 2013 14:45