Woman dies in Reno apartment fire
RENO — Carelessly discarded cigarettes are to blame for a Reno apartment fire that left a 52-year-old woman dead, according to investigators.
Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from a first-floor unit of a two-story apartment building Friday evening.
They pulled the unconscious woman from the apartment but efforts to revive her failed.
Investigators said she suffered third-degree burns to 40 percent of her body, but a coroner’s autopsy will pinpoint the cause of death.
The victim’s name was not immediately released.
