A fire Monday that damaged a personal care home in Fayette County has been ruled accidental, state police said.

The blaze began at 10:31 p.m. in a second-floor bedroom occupied by a man whom police did not identify at the Brownsville Personal Care Home, 321 Front St. in the borough, said state police Fire Marshal James Custer.

The flames were contained to the bedroom after the fire started on the man's bed as a result of him either smoking in bed or using an open flame near the bed, Custer said.

No damage estimate was set for the business owned by Andrew F. and Colleen A. Kuzy of Washington, Pa.

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