Careless smoking blamed for fatal Smiths Falls fire

Careless smoking is to blame for a fire Monday at a Victoria Avenue home in Smiths Falls that claimed the life of a man in his 50s.
The town’s fire department issued a statement Tuesday afternoon noting its investigators, along with the Smiths Falls Police Service and the Office of the Fire Marshal, have concluded the cause to be “accidental due to careless smoking.”
Officials released few details, other than to confirm the victim, whose identity was not released, was in his ea