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Lit cigarette likely caused fatal fire 

Alcohol and a lit cigarette likely contributed to a late-night fire that killed a Minneapolis man Friday, police said.

Edward W. Sivigny, 54, died in the small fire in his first-floor efficiency apartment at 3517 11th Av. S., the Hennepin County medical examiner's office said Saturday night. . . .

Sgt. Sean McKenna of the Minneapolis Police Department arson squad said the man, who lived alone and was described by neighbors as a shut-in, had eight disposable cigarette lighters throughout the apartment, as well as several alcohol containers.

Though the fire remains under investigation, a lit cigarette may have ignited the man's bed, McKenna said. . . .

Other residents of the building escaped unharmed.

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