Chicago official: Fireworks, cigarettes may have caused deadly blaze at apartments

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

CHICAGO -- Investigators seeking the cause of a deadly Chicago fire were searching the porch area where the blaze started for evidence of fireworks, cigarettes or other smoking materials, a fire official said Monday.

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