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Smoking-caused Fires in
Florida, United States
March 7, 2016
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Daytona Beach
Lakeland
Naples
Orlando

Plantation
Ponte Vedra Beach
Saratoga

Statewide
St. Petersburg
Tallahassee

Tampa
Venice
West Palm Beach

Daytona Beach

6/13/12 Fire severely burns woman smoking in bed Orlando Sentinel A Daytona Beach woman was hospitalized with severe burns when her bed caught fire after she fell asleep while smoking a cigarette, a fire official said.

Lakeland

1/8/13 Lakeland Fire Dept.: Deadly house fire caused by cigarette butts Bay News 9 According to Bay News 9's partner newspaper the Ledger, the Oct. 29 fire on Tradewinds Avenue was started by a cigarette butt left in the home's carport.
1/7/13 Report: Discarded Cigarettes Caused Fatal Lakeland House Fire NewsChief.com Discarded cigarettes started the Lakeland house fire that killed two people in October, officials said Monday.

Naples

1/2/14 E-cigarettes raising concerns across the country; some causing fires Naples News According to fire officials, the cartridge of the e-cigarette overheated while it was plugged into the charger, sparking the fire.

Orlando

8/5/14 Action 9 investigates electronic cigarette charger fires wftv.com A Lake County woman claims the electronic cigarette that's sold as a safe tobacco alternative is anything but., claiming the device started a fire in her home.

Plantation

11/12/12 Plantation complex, residents seek to recover after cigarette-sparked blaze Sun Sentinel Seven families remained homeless on Monday, one day after a cigarette sparked a blaze that ripped through several units of a Plantation apartment building.
11/11/12 Smoking Causes Early Morning Blaze Leaving Nine Plantation Families Homeless BrownardNet The fire was reported at approximately 8:30 this morning by several residents at the Lake Park Apartments complex.
Smoking in bed starts fire that displaces seven families Sun Sentinel

Ponte Vedra Beach

7/22/15

Fire safety consultant suspects Belleza condo fire may have been caused by someone smoking a cigarette on balcony Action News Jax Action News spoke with a fire safety consultant who got an inside look at the Belleza at Ponte Vedra condo building, which caught fire last Monday, and he said he suspected the cause was linked to someone smoking a cigarette on the balcony of a second-story unit.

Saratoga

8/22/13 Cigarettes Blamed For Saratoga Fires Saratoga Patch The second fire was reported at 4:08 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 18 at 19722 Crestwood Drive and began when another lit cigarette burnt a television inside the dwelling causing $1,000 in content loss.

Statewide

12/10/13 Is 2014 the year to quit smoking your neighbor's cigarette? Hernando Today According to the U. S. Fire Administration, almost 1,000 smokers and non-smokers, many of which are children and neighbors, are killed in home fires caused by cigarettes and other smoking materials each year in the United States.

St. Petersburg

8/31/12 Natural gas leak, lit cigarette leads to house explosion in St. Petersburg; two people injured WTSP.com Still the Progress Energy worker told the homeowners to stay outside, but one of them walked into the house with a lit cigarette... and sparked an explosion.

Tallahassee

11/28/12 'Careless smoking' causes apartment fire, 23 displaced Tallahassee.com A cigarette butt is being cited as the cause of an early Tuesday morning fire that left 23 occupants of an Halstead Boulevard apartment building displaced.
11/27/12 Update: 'Careless smoking' the cause of fire that displaced 23 Tallahassee.com Spokesman for the Tallahassee Fire Department Lt. Mike Bellamy said that "careless smoking" was the cause of an early morning apartment fire that caused an estimated $1 million in damage and displaced 23 people.

Tampa

5/4/13 Firefighter injured after blaze started by woman smoking in bed BayNews9.com Tampa Fire Rescue said the woman living inside the home started the fire by smoking in bed.

Venice

4/29/12 Cigarette caused fatal house fire in Venice Harold Tribune A cigarette caused an accidental house fire that killed a 45-year-old man in Venice on Sunday.4

West Palm Beach

8/29/12 Man lights cigarette while investigating suspicious gas smell, ends up in hospital KSLA 12 News The man was investigating a gas smell near an garage apartment he owned at 410 59th Street.

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