Lit cigarette sparked blaze that killed elderly couple: cops
(New York Post Local News)

The Midtown high-rise fire that killed an elderly couple was sparked by the wife’s lit cigarette, police sources told the Post. The fatal Saturday morning blaze that killed 85-year-old Mary Merow and her husband, John Merow, 89, started when Mary allegedly fell asleep on the couch with a lit cigarette in her hand, police sources...