Blunt signs fire safety requirements at deadly fire site

Friday, June 1, 2007

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Matt Blunt signed into law new fire safety requirements for Missouri's long-term care facilities on Friday in response to a deadly fire at a group home for the mentally ill and disabled.

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