Crime & Safety
Cause Of Fatal Fire Andover Is Revealed
Here's what caused the fire that killed an 85-year-old man Thursday at Andover Commons.

ANDOVER, MA — The State Fire Marshal confirmed that the two-alarm fire that killed an 85-year-old resident at an elderly home Thursday was caused by a person smoking while on oxygen. Nicholas Rizzo II was grounded dead at Lawrence General Hospital after firefighters found him in his fourth-floor apartment at Andover Commons.
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