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Woman is St. Paul's first fire victim of '08 

an 85-year-old woman died Monday from burn injuries after smoking in bed Sunday night.

The victim was Roselyn Rylicki, 1749 Montana Av. E., city Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard said. . . .

Smoking is the leading cause of fire deaths in St. Paul and in Minnesota. In the past 10 years, 27 percent of Saint Paul's fire deaths were the result of fires caused by careless smoking.

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