Elderly Couple Perish in Blaze ; No Fire Alarm Alerted Residents

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An elderly couple died in a high-rise apartment fire in Silver Spring that started yesterday morning when someone carelessly discarded a lit cigarette, Montgomery County fire officials said.

Authorities also found that the fire alarm at the Blair East apartments in the 1200 block of East-West Highway did not operate correctly and never sounded.

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Elderly Couple Perish in Blaze ; No Fire Alarm Alerted Residents

"Because the alarm didn't work, we really had to expend a lot of energy at the time to help residents...

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