A FIRE AT A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MOTEL IS BEING BLAMED ON A MOTEL GUEST FALLING ASLEEP WHILE SMOKING IN BED. THE BLAZE BROKEOUT AROUND FOUR O’CLOCK YESTERDAY MORNING AT BRISTOL LODGE ON HOLIDAY DRIVE IN THE MOTEL FORMERLY OPERATED BY BEST WESTERN. FIRE LT. TOMMY CASTLE SAYS WHEN FIREFIGHERS ARRIVED THEY FOUND HEAVY FIRE BUT WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH IT RATHER QUICKLY…..
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THE MAN WAS PULLED TO SAFETY JUST BEFORE AN OXYGEN TANK IN THE ROOM EXPLODED. ABOUT 15 ROOMS WERE DAMAGED AND THE ESTIMATED LOSS IS AROUND 225-THOUSAND DOLLARS.