Dallas Retirement Home Fire Sparked By Cigarette

    April 26, 2008
    Fire crews called in extra help to battle the blaze because it was on the 10th floor of the building.

    DALLAS --

    Dallas firefighters said a cigarette started a fire inside a retirement home early Saturday morning.

    The fire at the Dickinson Place Retirement Community in the 900 block of St. Joseph's Street started at about 1 a.m., firefighters said. Fire crews called in extra help to battle the blaze because it was on the 10th floor of the building.

    Firefighters said a woman who lives at in the building either fell asleep with the cigarette in her hand or didn't extinguish it properly.

    The woman was taken to the hospital, but is expected to recover.

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