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Smoking-caused Fires in
Michigan, United States
July 19, 2016
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Brownstown Twp
Canton

Dorr
Grand Rapids

Kentwood
Novi

Wyoming

Brownstown Township

3/5/13 Disabled man who might have been smoking dies in fire at his apartment The News Herald A 54-year-old disabled man, who police believe was smoking, burned to death on his birthday in his apartment.

Canton

3/13/13 Canton apartment fire blamed on smoking near oxygen machine Observer & Eccentric A Canton apartment fire Sunday afternoon apparently started when a man was smoking while using an oxygen machine, Fire Chief Joshua Meier confirmed.

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Dorr

4/6/13 Careless smoking identified as likely cause of a fatal fire near Dorr WHTC.com Fire investigators now say it appears that careless smoking may have triggered a house fire near Dorr that killed a West Michigan man early Friday morning.

Grand Rapids

4/4/12 Smoking Blamed For Fatal House Fire CBS 62 Detroit Authorities say smoking materials caused a fire at an apartment in Grand Rapids that killed an 83-year-old woman.

Kentwood

10/23/15

Fire that killed 2 in Kentwood caused by 'careless' smoking

mlive.com A fire that started inside a Wingate Apartments unit, killing two people inside, was the result of the "careless" use of smoking materials inside, authorities say.

Novi

2/12/16 The basement had stairs to the first floor but windows made of glass block, which would prevent any escape in an emergency. Daily Mail Restaurant owner and wife charged in house fire that killed five undocumented immigrants he employed and housed in his basement
2/1/16 Five Mexican men killed in basement fire that was 'started by careless cigarette igniting mattress' Daily Mail The men, who were in their 20s and 30s and all worked at a nearby Chinese restaurant, were only found after fire crews put out the blaze below a home in Novi, Michigan.

Wyoming

4/14/12 Smoldering cigarette starts apartment fire in Wyoming WZZM.com A smoldering cigarette is to blame for starting a massive apartment fire in Wyoming early Saturday morning.
4/14/12 Cigarette caused Wyoming apartment fire that displaced 24 families (photos) MLive.com Someone was smoking on the deck of a third floor apartment on the west side of the building and put out a cigarette in a plastic container.

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