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Woman Dies In Colorado Springs Mobile Home Fire

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a woman was killed in a mobile home fire in eastern Colorado Springs.

The Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to the blaze at the Quail Hill Mobile Home Park at about 1 a.m. Saturday. Firefighters pulled the unconscious and severely burned woman from the home. She died at a hospital a short time later.

Investigators say the fire was accidentally caused by the woman, who was smoking while on home oxygen. Her name and age have not been released.

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