CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Authorities blame discarded smoking materials for an apartment fire that killed a Cedar Rapids man.
Cedar Rapids Fire Department investigators on Tuesday said the smoking materials ignited a chair inside the apartment, causing the Saturday morning fire.
When firefighters entered the apartment, they found 57-year-old Thomas Jones inside, near the chair.
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Jones was taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, where he died Saturday afternoon.
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