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Smoking-caused Fires in
Nebraska, United States
October 6, 2016
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Hall County

Lincoln

Omaha

Hall County

11/10/15 High Rise Fire Illustrates Shift to Smoke Free Housing Nebraska.tv The Hall County Housing Authority had begun taking steps to go smoke free, before a deadly fire.

Lincoln

4/19/16

Cigarettes now second leading cause of fires in Lincoln

1011now.com Investigators recently ruled cigarettes as the cause of two fires in Lincoln on April 16. One was on Thunderbird Boulevard, causing $105,000 in damage to a home. The other fire was at an apartment in Havelock, racking up $20,000 in damage.
11/24/12 Lincoln apartment fire blamed on careless smoking Omaha.com Officials say careless smoking caused a fire that destroyed a Lincoln apartment building.
6/9/12 Cigarette fire causes $40,000 in damage to apartment complex JournalStar.com An early-morning fire caused by improperly disposed-of cigarettes caused about $40,000 in damage to an apartment complex in northeast Lincoln.
4/4/12 A Warning To Smokers; 3rd fire caused by cigarettes KLKN 8 News One cigarette smoldering in plastic caused nearly $200,000 in damage to Jerry Boyce's condos.4
4/3/12 Neighbor's Cigarette Sparks Balcony Fire WOWT 6 News Lincoln firefighters say a cigarette that was discarded by a neighbor is to blame for an early Tuesday morning deck fire.4

Omaha

2/10/15

Cause of deadly South Omaha boarding house fire released

ScrippsMedia.com Investigators say the fire started in a basement apartment as a result of the improper discarding of smoking materials.
1/28/14 After recent fires, Omaha apartment complex bans smoking on all property Omaha.com Smoking has been snuffed out — and maybe all future fires — at Hillsborough Pointe apartments in northwest Omaha.
7/2/13 Cigarette ignited potting soil, then Omaha apartment building Omaha.com The improper disposal of smoking materials caused a blaze that destroyed a southwest Omaha apartment building on Friday, fire officials have concluded.

"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