SA smokers drive spike in house fires

9/18/15 Woman who plunged to her death from a fifth-floor apartment could likely have been saved by sprinklers, coroner says, amid call for mandatory fire safety measures dailymail.co.uk Ms Jiang's flatmate Jason Zeng had been smoking on the balcony. He told police he butted out the cigarette in an ashtray there.

6/16/15 The landlord who built an illegal extra bedroom in death-trap unit before it was engulfed by fire, forcing two women to leap from fifth-floor window Daily Mail Earlier Ms Jiang's flatmate Jason Zeng had been smoking on the balcony. He told police he butted out the cigarette in an ashtray there. On the balcony was also a bucket that contained tools and other things from his work.

12/10/12 CIGARETTE butts flicked from a restaurant's balcony allegedly triggered a fire which destroyed a home in south west Sydney. The Daily Telegraph Some of the cigarettes were discarded and they allegedly landed near a stack of timber pallets next door, a witness told The Daily Telegraph.

10/8/12 Home explosion leaves man seriously hurt GoldCoast.com.au A MAN who lit a cigarette while investigating a gas leak is believed to have caused an explosion that destroyed his home.