The fire appeared to have self-extinguished; while its exact cause is undetermined, investigators recovered cigarette butts in the same area. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will ...

A young North Carolina woman was doused in gasoline and set on fire by a sick suspect who then ... dumped gas all over her and lit a cigarette that sparked the blaze, Downey told investigators.

The sheriff's office is contracted to provide police services in Thousand Oaks. The cigarette lit the chair on fire, Patterson said, and the fire began to spread to the rest of the house.