LEWISTON, Maine (WGAN) The State Fire Marshal’s Office says an elderly Lewiston man died today after his clothes caught while smoking.
75-year-old Victor Lauze died Sunday evening at Maine Medical Center in Portland after he had been flown there by a Lifeflight helicopter.
Officials say Lauze was found inside his second floor apartment at 104 Knox Street with severe burns just after noon after neighbors heard his smoke detector going off.
Lauze was first taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and then transferred to Portland.
Fire investigators say there was little damage to the apartment from the fire.
