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April 24, 2007
The News and Record
Mayodan, NC
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Cigarette causes Rockingham house fire; 3 escape
A family of three escaped a fire that burned down their house on Tuesday morning according to the Rockingham County Fire Marshal’s office.
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March 15, 2007
The News and Observer Mocksville, NC
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Nursing Home blast triggered by smoker
Three explosions triggered by a person smoking near oxygen tanks ignited a fatal fire. 20 people injured and 50 residents forced to evacuate. One Fatality
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February 23, 2007
The News and Observer
Durham, NC
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Durham brother, sister killed in fire.
The fire was accidental and is thought to have started on the couch with a lit cigarette. Vera Ash, 62 died at the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals, Harry Ashe Jr., was pronounced dead at the scene.
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February 23, 2007
The News and Observer
Raleigh, NC
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3 dead in Raleigh Blast
Cigarette ignited oxygen tank. |
February 22, 2007
The News & Observer
Raleigh, NC |
Pine Knolls Town Community destroyed by fire Estimated $12M in damages. Fueled by unusually dry conditions and high winds, the blaze that damaged or destroyed 38 townhouses in North Raleigh so consumed some structures there was nothing left but questions. The cause of the fire has been traced to “discarded smoking materials.”
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November 16, 2006
Salisbury Post
Kannapolis, NC
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Fire officials say cigarette caused fire that killed Kannapolis woman.
Fire officials have confirmed that a cigarette caused a fire that killed a 50-year-old woman Wednesday.
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September 27, 2006
The News and Observer
Raleigh, NC
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Blaze forces tenants from three dwellings
No one was hurt in a Raleigh apartment fire that investigators say was stated by a cigarette. |
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April 17, 2006
The News and Observer
Raleigh, NC
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Raleigh boardinghouse succumbs to Easter Morning blaze.
21-year-old charged with damage to property after police say she yanked her boyfriends clothes from a closet and threw a cigarette on them
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March 11, 2006
The News and Observer
Durham, NC
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Fire death raises sprinkler worries
Bonnie Lee Parker, 77 a handicapped individual who may have had a heart attack while smoking. (Later discovered that he fell asleep while smoking)
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February 2006
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
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School mourns loss of coach, teacher
Fire ignited in the den near a wastebasket or couch and was caused by a cigarette. |
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December 23, 2005
The News and Observer
Raleigh, NC
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Residents homeless after fire at woodlands, 10 units total loss. (Balcony fire started by discarded cigarette). |
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October 26, 2005
The News and Observer
Raleigh, NC
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Two NC State University students killed in Oct. 7th fire.
A cigarette left on a sofa apparently started a fraternity apartment fire three weeks ago that killed two NC State students and injured a third.
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December 14, 2004
The News and Observer
Knightdale, NC
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Knightdale house fire displaces 14
Blaze caused by cigarette discarded in trash bin.
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