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[Massachusetts] Careless disposal of cigarette seen as cause of six-alarm Dorchester blaze
Someone's careless disposal of a cigarette was the cause of a six-alarm blaze in Dorchester that caused an estimated $1.2 million in damage and left 30 people homeless, the Boston fire department said today.
Mar 29, 2013
Boston (MA) Globe
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Mar 29, 2013 14:25
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[Delaware] Investigators: Smoking started Md. fire that left woman severely burned
Laurie A. Brown, 49, was found last Thursday by her mother on the porch of her burning home in the first block of Otter Point Road. She remains at Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital for treatment of severe leg burns, listed last night in critical condition
Mar 27, 2013
Wilmington (DE) News Journal
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Mar 27, 2013 09:25
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[Delaware] Investigators: Smoking started Md. fire that left woman severely burned
Laurie A. Brown, 49, was found last Thursday by her mother on the porch of her burning home in the first block of Otter Point Road. She remains at Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital for treatment of severe leg burns, listed last night in critical condition
Mar 27, 2013
Wilmington (DE) News Journal
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Mar 27, 2013 09:25
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[Canada] Fatal fires in Bowness and Varsity caused by cigarettes: Calgary Fire Department
Investigators have determined that two separate fires that killed two women in January and February were both caused by improperly discarded cigarettes.
Mar 26, 2013
Metro (ca)
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Mar 27, 2013 05:45
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[New Zealand] 'No smoking' as old fighters take to air
A total fire ban - including a first-time ban on smoking on the field - will be in place at this weekend's Omaka Classic Fighters Airshow. Anyone who wants to light up would have to go to a designated smoking area because the fire risk was deemed too h
Mar 26, 2013
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
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Mar 26, 2013 14:10
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[Georgia] Smoking causes fire that kills one at Tucker nursing home
A fire killed a woman in her room at a nursing home in Tucker early Tuesday. According to the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office, the deceased has been identified as Laura Barrett, 64. Barrett was a resident of the Meadowbrook Nursing Home on Lawre
Mar 26, 2013
WGCL-TV CBS 46 (Atlanta, GA)
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Mar 26, 2013 14:05
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[New Mexico] NM Land Commission imposes smoking ban on state-owned land
State Land Commissioner Ray Powell is prohibiting smoking, open fires and fireworks on state trust land because of the risk of wildfires.
Mar 26, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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Mar 26, 2013 13:45
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[Washington] Cigarette likely cause of four-plex deck fire
Before firefighters arrived, a barbecue propane tank exploded on the deck
Mar 25, 2013
Mukilteo (WA) Beacon
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Mar 25, 2013 16:58
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[UK] Lincolnshire smoking fire deaths prompt warning
Cigarettes caused every fatal house fire in Lincolnshire in 2012, new fire service figures have revealed. While the total number of accidental dwelling fires fell to 212 compared with 365 in 2011 and 380 in 2010, fatalities rose from one to three.
Mar 23, 2013
BBC Online
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Mar 24, 2013 15:41
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[UK] Cigarettes cause every accidental house fire death in Lincolnshire in 2012
Three people died in 212 house fires in the county in 2012, compared to one fatality in 2011. Last year, one in 13 accidental fires in the home were caused by smoking materials.
Mar 22, 2013
This is Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire Echo) (uk)
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