Articles and Links
Smoking-caused Fires in
Minnesota, United States
March 9, 2016
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Duluth

Fergus Falls
Minneapolis

NW Rochester

St. Paul

Apple Valley

12/17/12 Careless Smoking Cause of Apple Valley Condo Fire KAALtv.com The Apple Valley Fire Chief says careless smoking is the cause of a fire that left several people homeless earlier this month.

Duluth

4/9/15 Discarded cigarette butt caused fire that destroyed Duluth apartment building

Duluth News Tribune A discarded cigarette butt started the Easter Sunday fire that destroyed a Duluth apartment building and displaced 19 families, authorities said Thursday.
4/9/15 Investigators: Cigarette started fire that displaced dozens WDIO.com The fire in the 20-unit apartment building at 1705 East Second Street displaced 44 people. The Red Cross, Salvation Army, and other groups have been working to help the displaced residents.

Fergus Falls

6/28/12 Fire cause: Smoking near tank Fergus Falls Journal The woman who died in the Sunrise Apartments fire Tuesday night caused the fire by smoking a cigarette while using an oxygen tank, law enforcement reported today.

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Minneapolis

8/13/15 Woodbury senior center client started fatal fire with cigarette, report says Star Tribune A fire that killed one resident and injured two others at a Woodbury assisted-living center last March is being blamed on a resident with a penchant for drinking heavily and smoking in his room.

NW Rochester

1/22/13 NW Rochester apartment fire caused by careless smoking Fox 47 News Careless smoking caused a fatal apartment fire in northwest Rochester, according to Assistant Fire Marshal Larry Mueller.

St. Paul

5/11/14 St. Paul Woman Narrowly Escapes Basement Fire, 5 Dogs Die ABC 5 News According to St. Paul fire officials, the fire started from careless smoking of a hookah pipe in the basement bathroom.
3/23/12 Fatal St. Paul garage fire blamed on careless smoking Star Tribune A 53-year-old man's careless smoking was blamed Friday for starting the fire that killed him in the St. Paul garage he had made his home for the past seven years.
3/23/12 Fatal Garage Fire Blamed On Careless Smoking CBS 4 News Authorities say the garage fire that killed a man on the east side of St. Paul Thursday morning was likely caused by careless smoking.

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