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Disabled Man Killed In Christmas Day Fire
Investigators: Cigarette Fire Ignited Oxygen Tank
POSTED: 4:54 pm EST December 26, 2009
EDINBURGH, Ind. -- A disabled man was killed late Christmas night when his mobile home exploded.Investigators said Lewis Palmeter, 67, was smoking a cigarette just before midnight when it started a fire and ignited a medical oxygen tank at 160 S. Workman Drive.Palmeter, a military veteran, was in a wheelchair and was not able to escape the blast.A man who was visiting the home was able to get out and is recovering at Johnson Memorial Hospital.
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