The fire began when a cigarette ignited the couch.

Mr. Gardner said today that a match or cigarette ignited a rubber mattress that was designed to reduce chafing in bedridden patients.

Now there was a pungent burnt smell, and Leona realized that her cigarette had ignited the sheers.

A third seriously burns himself when his cigarette lighter ignites the car grease on his hands.

The fire-safe cigarette would not ignite those materials.

"Just last week, a 2-week-old baby was burned to death in Kittery, Me., because a cigarette ignited a chair," Mr. Moakley said.

Steel complied, but did it so enthusiastically that the pack hit the wall and instantly all the cigarettes ignited and the whole thing burst into flame.

In contrast, a standard cigarette ignited the cotton material in 70 of 96 trials.

Stottlemeyer mentions that the fire was started when the victim fell asleep and a lit cigarette ignited a pile of old newspapers.

Police believe he had been towing the boat on a trailer; when he climbed on the deck, his cigarette ignited the gas, causing a fireball.