Duluth Hillside Fire Caused By Careless Smoking

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Duluth Hillside Fire Caused By Careless Smoking

By KBJR News 1

Story Published: Jul 4, 2008 at 7:23 AM CDT

Story Updated: Jul 4, 2008 at 7:23 AM CDT

A cigarette is to blame for a fire at a Duluth Hillside residence early Friday morning.

Duluth fire crews were dispatched to 726 N. 5th Ave. E. on a report of a couch on fire in the building's basement.

All five inhabitants were outside when crews arrived, and another two occupants were evacuated from the building.

The blaze was confined to the basement and quickly extinguished.

No civilians or firefighters were injured.

The tenants had held a beer keg party in the basement hours before the fire occurred.

A 22 year old male guest of the renters said he fell asleep on the couch while smoking a cigarette.

The $130,000 structure suffered an estimated $5,000 dollars in damage, including melted wiring in the basement ceiling.

The content damage is estimated at $2,000 but could be much higher with smoke damage to tenants’ belongings.

The couch was completely consumed by flames.

6 smoke detectors were found throughout the house with their batterie removed.

The Duluth Fire Department says this is a troubling trend in many recent house fires.

Sunday, Jul 27 at 10:59 AM renter of this house! wrote ...

we didn't have a keg party that is falsse info! retract it!

Friday, Jul 4 at 9:08 PM Pete wrote ...

Another near tragedy caused by careless smoking. It's hard to believe that 20% of all adults are still smoking in 2008!

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