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Smoking-caused Fires in
Pennsylvania, United States
October 3, 2016
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Annville
Feasterville
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Lancaster County
McKeesport
Middletown
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Philadelphia
South Whitehall
Tannersville

Westmoreland County
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Wilkes Barre
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Allentown

2/21/12 Fatal fire started by cigarette WFMZ 69 News The fire started just after 4 a.m. on Feb. 14 in a back bedroom of a twin home at 3308 N. Ruch St. in Whitehall Twp., Lehigh Co., officials said.

Annville

4/3/13 Retirement home changes smoking policy after man's jacket catches fire WHTM News 7 A retirement home has changed its smoking policy after a cigarette caught a man's jacket on fire.

Feasterville

12/6/13 Cops: Careless Smoker Left Mom in Burning Pa. Home WTRF.com A man with a history of careless smoking while when drinking has been charged with endangering his mother after a cigarette caused a fire in their eastern Pennsylvania home.

Jackson Township

11/29/12 Officials: Careless smoking likely cause of fatal fire The Cranberry Eagle Fire investigators suspect careless smoking caused the Wednesday night blaze that killed a 53-year-old man in his apartment and forced more than a dozen other tenants to flee.

Lancaster County

5/6/15

Cigarette sparked $250,000 fire that destroyed eastern Lancaster County home Lancaster Online When a Salisbury Township man went to the kitchen for a snack, a cigarette in his bedroom sparked a fire that destroyed his house on Wednesday, police said.

McKeesport

10/18/24 No Smoke Detectors at Pennsylvania Fire Tragedy FirefighterNation.com Although the fire's cause is still officially "undetermined" investigators say someone smoking on a couch may have caused the blaze.

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Middletown

4/18/16

ATF: Middletown apartment fire was smoking-related The Sentinel Crews were called out to the building fire on April 3. At least 80 units were damaged with several people displaced.

Nanty Glo

3/2/12 Fire forces evacuation of personal-care home The Tribune Democrat Twenty-three people were evacuated from a Nanty Glo personal-care home after a fire broke out Friday.

North Annville Township

4/11/12 Hill Farm resident dies from burns Lebanon Daily News A 65-year-old former Lebanon man died April 4, a day after sustaining significant burns while smoking a cigarette at a North Annville Township assisted-living facility.

Philadelphia

8/22/13 Cigarette Leads to Northeast Philly House Explosion NBC 10 Philadelphia As the man was cleaning, he lit a cigarette, causing an explosion, according to investigators.
7/30/13 Mayor Nutter Says Cigarette Rumor ‘Pure Speculation’ At This Point CBS Philly Sometime during that process he lit a cigarette and when that happened the house exploded,” Squilla said.

South Whitehall

2/23/12 Police: Careless Smoking Caused Fatal Fire South Whitehall Patch The early morning fire at 1920 Walbert Ave. that killed two brothers started by careless smoking, South Whitehall police said Thursday.
2/23/12 South Whitehall Township fire that killed brothers caused by careless smoking LeHighValleyLive.com Careless smoking caused the South Whitehall Township fire Wednesday that killed two brothers and a dog, police said.

Tannersville

6/4/12 89-year-old dies in Tannersville fire; cigarette may have caused blaze Pocono Record Allen said the state police fire marshal called the fire accidental and said it started in LaRocca's bedroom, where she fell asleep with a lit cigarette.

Westmoreland County

9/6/15 Fatal apartment fire blamed on dropped cigarette Washington Times Authorities say a fire in a western Pennsylvania apartment that claimed the life of a woman was apparently started by a dropped cigarette.

Wilkes Barre

8/31/13 Deadly fire blamed on careless smoking timesleader.com An investigation by a state police deputy fire marshal ruled the fire as accidental and determined it was caused by careless smoking.
Discarded cigarette caused deadly W-B fire, authorities say citizensvoice.com Investigators say careless use and disposal of smoking materials started the fire that killed Elizabeth Kovach, 91, at her home at 77 Kent Lane.

Winslow Township

11/26/12 Winslow Woman Suffers Burns When Her Cigarette Ignites Oxygen Tank CBS Philly 3 News A 61-year-old woman suffered burns to the face when the cigarette she was smoking triggered a flash fire and explosion in a medical oxygen tank she was hooked up to.

Whitehall Township

2/22/12 Cigarette Blamed for Fire That Killed Woman NBC 10 Philadelphia A mattress caught fire from a burning cigarette, killing a woman in Whitehall Township, Pa. on Valentine's Day
2/20/12 Whitehall Township fatal fire sparked by cigarette, official says LeHighValleyLive.com An unattended cigarette caused the Whitehall Township fire that killed a 56-year-old woman, township fire Chief Robert Benner said this afternoon.

"But now God has shown us a different way to heaven - not by "being good enough" and trying to keep his laws, but by a new way (though not new, really, for the Scriptures told about it long ago). Now God says he will accept and acquit us - declare us "not guilty" - if we trust Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, by coming to Christ, no matter who we are or what we have been like. Yes, all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious ideal; yet now God declares us "not guilty" of offending him if we trust in Jesus Christ, who in his kindness freely takes away our sins." Romans 3:21-24 Living Bible