Butt cause of smoking mansion

RALEIGH - A discarded cigarette was the probable cause of a fire which destroyed the luxury holiday home of the president of …

RALEIGH - A discarded cigarette was the probable cause of a fire which destroyed the luxury holiday home of the president of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co and caused $1 million in damages, North Carolina fire officials said. The three storey home was reduced to charred pilings after it caught fire while workers installing ceiling tiles were at lunch.

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