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Smoking-caused Fires in
Canada, International
October 3, 2016
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Boisbriand, Quebec
Calgary, Alberta
Cornwall, Ontario
Edmonton, Ontario
Fredericton, Bew Brunswick

Hamilton, Ontario
Kelowna, BC
Northumberland, Ontario
Lethbridge, Alberta

L'Isle-Verte, Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Ottawa, Ontario
Quebec City, Quebec

Regina, Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Stony Plain, Alberta
Vancouver, BC

Boisbriand, Quebec

5/8/13

Smoking senior ignites shirt, goes up in flames Toronto Sun A 76-year-old man is dead after he ignited his shirt instead of his cigarette at a seniors' residence north of Montreal.

Calgary, Alberta

3/26/13 Fatal fires in Bowness and Varsity caused by cigarettes: Calgary Fire Department METRONEWS.ca Investigators have determined that two separate fires that killed two women in January and February were both caused by improperly discarded cigarettes.
5/17/12 Careless smoking blames for deadly Bowden trailer park fire Calgary Herald Careless smoking was a factor in the fire that killed two people at a trailer park in Bowden, the RCMP said Thursday.

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Cornwall, Ontario

6/19/15

Hotline, task force launched to deal with smoking-related fires Cornwall Newswatch With a backdrop of a bedroom with a half-burnt mattress, Fire Chief Pierre Voisine said the program would help them launch their second project – a task force and hotline.

Edmonton, Ontario

3/12/16

Lac La Biche apartment fire caused by cigarette butt

CBC News Edmonton Kokotilo said the investigation has indicated that the fire was started by a cigarette put out in a peat moss container.
5/24/15

Cigarette butt and a garbage pail of diapers to blame for massive condo fire: Edmonton fire chief

metronews.ca A random cigarette butt tossed into a garbage pail of diapers is being blamed for a massive fire Friday at a north Edmonton condo complex.
7/22/14 Smoking sparked massive Edmonton condo blaze cnews.canoe.ca About 400 people were forced from their homes by a condominium blaze early Monday
5/15/12 Cigarette butts a fire hazard EdmontonSun.com Karpa said a condo fire caused by cigarette butts on a balcony caused $75,000 damage over the weekend.
5/14/12 City warns to properly dispose smoke butts EdmontonSun.com City warns to properly dispose smoke butts

Fredericton, New Brunswick

4/15/15

Fredericton balcony fire starts from smoking material CBC News One person was displaced overnight by a fire at a four-storey apartment building off of Bishop Drive in Fredericton.

Hamilton, Ontario

7/23/14 Careless smoking sparks $60,000 damage at city's tallest building The Hamilton Spectator We were able to contain the fire to the one apartment unit, but there was some minor water and smoke damage to adjacent units, he said.

Kelowna, British Columbia

8/1/12 Cigarette causes Kelowna retirement home fire CBC News Fire officials say a discarded cigarette caused a fire that ripped though part of a Kelowna retirement home on Monday.
Cigarette to blame for Glenmore fire News Kalona

Lethbridge, Alberta

4/7/16

Improper disposal of smoking materials destroyed 3 homes in Lethbridge:chief 660news.com Chief fire marshall Heath Wright says he’s imploring people to make sure their cigarettes or other smoking material are out completely.

L'Isle-Verte, Quebec

1/29/14 Smoking in retirement homes – and other letters to the editor The Globe and Mail A senior with a history of sneaking cigarettes into his or her room should be permanently expelled, thus preventing other seniors from having to jump from upper floors to flee fires or death.
            Letter: The use of e-cigarettes should be mandatory for smokers in seniors’ homes Montreal Gazzette After all, if the rumours are true, 32 seniors may have died at L’Isle-Verte because one senior fell asleep with a burning cigarette.
1/25/14 Smoker May Have Caused Retirement Home Fire; Dozens Still Missing The Toronto Sun reports Saturday that an employee at the Residence du Havre retirement home that caught fire on Thursday, killing at least eight people and leaving about a dozen unaccounted for, says he's "95 percent sure" that the cause of the blaze was a cigarette.
            Quebec family grieves amid suspicion in L’Isle-Verte TheGlobeandMail.com A family mourning the loss of the 96-year-old family patriarch in the L’Isle-Verte fire is now dealing with a devastating pall of rumour and suspicion spreading through town that his cigarette may have ignited the inferno.
            L'Isle-Verte seniors' home fire started in resident's room: source CBC News Resident's request to go out for a cigarette was refused by staff, source tells Radio-Canada
            Crucial piece of equipment arrives at scene of seniors’ home ravaged by fire The Globe and Mail The SQ maintains that no hypothesis on what sparked the blaze has more importance than another, despite allegations of a man smoking a cigarette in his room by employee Bruno Bélanger, who had told him not to at the time.

Montreal, Quebec

4/16/16

Lit cigarette blamed for Montreal fire that leaves 10 homeless CTV Monteal A spokesperson for the fire department says someone was smoking behind the building and the still-lit cigarette slowly burned what was around it before the flames spread to the building, which houses a business on the first floor and residents on the second.

Northumberland, Ontario

1/15/13 Improving fire safety at senior residences NothumberlandToday.com "We will be introducing a 'no-smoking' policy in all our social housing units, hopefully by April of this year," says Northumberland County's social services and housing director Mark Darroch.

Ottawa, Ontario

4/28/12 Discarded cigarette led to fire that killed mother, 3 children CBC News Ontario's fire marshal said an improperly discarded cigarette led to the house fire that killed a mother and three children in Alexandria, Ont., last August.
4/27/12 Fatal Alexandria house fire caused by cigarette CTV.ca The house fire that killed a mother and her three children in Alexandria, Ont. last August has been ruled an accident by the Ontario Fire Marshall.

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Quebec City, Quebec

4/28/14 Toilet paper mountain, chain-smoking caused deadly Quebec City fire: Coroner Sun News A woman's "strange, obsessive ritual" of unfurling 150 rolls of toilet paper a week while chain-smoking sparked a fire that killed her and two others, a coroner has ruled.

Regina, Saskatchewan

9/21/13 Careless smoking causes $2-million blaze Leader Post Fire officials are blaming careless smoking for a $2-million fire in an Exhibition-area apartment building early Friday.
Careless smoking causes third Saskatoon fire CJME.com For the third time in less than a week, the Saskatoon Fire department has had to put out a fire that was started by careless smoking.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

7/22/14 Again, according to investigators, the fire was caused by improper disposal of smoking material. CBC Again, according to investigators, the fire was caused by improper disposal of smoking material.
7/3/14 Outside smokers start 23 Saskatoon fires in 18 months CBC News "Typically, the person who was smoking has already gone inside the home and the fire grows unnoticed."
5/3/13 Careless smoking deemed cause of Thursday's condo fire CBC News Careless smoking has been determined to be the cause of the massive condominium fire on Saskatoon's east side Thursday morning.
5/2/13 Smoking material identified as cause of $2-million condo fire CTVNews.ca Investigators said Friday that the blaze that swept through at 1121 McKercher Dr. was caused by careless disposal of smoking material.

Stony Plain, Alberta

5/12/13 Smoking materials caused Stony Plain apartment fire CBC News Investigators say smoking materials on a second floor balcony started flames in the 32-unit apartment building, displacing over 60 residents Thursday night.

Vancouver, British Columbia

4/10/13 Multi-unit dwelling ban on smoking is life saver Vancouver Sun Ban smoking, entirely, in all multi-unit dwellings, including apartments, condos and town homes.

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