Smiths Falls fire victim identified, careless smoking cited as cause

Investigators have identified the victim of a fatal fire in Smiths Falls on Monday as David Buffam, 53.
Ontario Fire Marshal investigator Jason Williams stated the cause of death as “careless smoking” resulting in “smoke inhalation and burns,” and believes the incident was accidental.
Williams believed Buffam to have fallen asleep on a mattress in his third-floor apartment on 80 Victoria Avenue, and had awoke soon after to find the mattress on fire.
He then pulled the mat