He alleges that a full account had not emerged from the Navy until 1964, and that the incident had been caused by careless smoking.

Ask a firefighter about heroism and you're apt to get a lecture on careless smoking.

"From what we can tell, it was a case of careless smoking," Mr. Lyall said.

But after nearly six months, all she had was one false lead, a fire in Devizes that turned out to have been caused by careless smoking.

A Queens woman was killed yesterday at her home in a fire, which officials attributed to careless smoking.

Decker Towers had an apartment fire February 17, 2010 caused by careless smoking.

The fire was apparently caused by careless smoking, the police said.

The two-alarm fire appeared to have been caused by careless smoking, the Fire Department said.

In New Orleans, two fires caused by careless smoking killed two women in their 70's and a 60-year-old man early yesterday.

It was said the fires were caused by bad wiring and careless smoking.