Cigarettes fueling rise in Minnesota's preventable fire deaths

Drought conditions around the Twin Cities metro have substantially increased the risk of fires, a problem Minnesota's struggling with this year.Cigarette-related fires, specifically, are on pace to be more deadly any year on average in the last decade.Ralph Swarm died from his injuries in a barn fire in Foreston in May.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis