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Cigarette-Smoking Inmate Accidentally Set Clothes On Fire At Maryland Prison: Investigators
Things got too hot to handle for an inmate at the Eastern Correctional Institute in Maryland who accidentally set himself on fire while illegally smoking a cigarette. The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating an incident reported at the Eastern Correctional Institute on Reveils Neck Road in Westover, when an inmate sparked a fire inside his cell. According to investigators, an inmate was in his cell smoking a cigarette - which is against the prison's policies - when he accidentally ignited his clothing on fire. The inmate was able to quickly get the smoldering clothes "mo…