Getting Smoked 
2003 Reader Submission
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The following was reported in the Metro Section of our local paper. "A Mentor man who last month set his estranged girlfriend's Eastlake house on fire , critically injuring himself, died Saturday at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. Eastlake police said Timothy Grubb, 46, poured gasoline around the home of a former girlfriend, then lit a cigarette. He suffered third-degree burns over 85 percent of his body, police said. The girlfriend was not injured."
Rewrite:
A Cleveland area man recently died of third-degree burns over 85 percent of his body. Apparently angry at his estranged girlfriend, he had decided to immolate her in her own house. He poured gasoline around her home and then, in a nonreflective moment, lit a cigarette....
The girlfriend was not injured. Submitted on 11/18/2002
Submitted by:
Ken Nightingale
Reference:
The Plain Dealer, 11/14/02
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