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Crime scene tape blocks the front entrance to the small residential unit at 705 Pine St. Longtime Steamboat Springs resident David Engle died during a small fire in the apartment early Sunday morning. An occupant in the adjacent home, at left, couldn't reach Engle in time to save him.

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Officials: No smoke detector in apartment; permit status unclear

There were no smoke detectors in the Old Town apartment of a man who died early Sunday morning after a small fire broke out in his kitchen, Steamboat Springs fire officials said Monday.

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