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Cigarette-Smoking Inmate Accidentally Set Clothes On Fire At Maryland Prison: Investigators Cigarette-Smoking Inmate Accidentally Set Clothes On Fire At Maryland Prison: Investigators
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…

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Woman Smoking While On Oxygen Airlifted To Maryland Hospital After Fire Breaks Out: Officials Woman Smoking While On Oxygen Airlifted To Maryland Hospital After Fire Breaks Out: Officials
Woman Smoking While On Oxygen Airlifted To Maryland Hospital After Fire Breaks Out: Officials A Maryland homeowner had to be airlifted to an area hospital after suffering burns when a fire broke out while she was smoking and on oxygen, according to the state’s fire marshal. First responders were dispatched to a Wicomico County home on Windy Hill Circle in Delmar shortly before 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, where there was a reported fire that broke out inside a two-story residence. A team of 10 firefighters from the Delmar Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene and had the flames knocked down within 15 minutes, officials said. One occupant of the residence was flown to Bayv…

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by Zak Failla