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• Anatomy of a disease
• Fetuses especially vulnerable to harm from alcohol
• Alcohol's heavy toll on the brain

In each of the fatal fires, alcohol played a role in either causing the fire or preventing victims from escaping their burning homes.

FIRES

May 7, 1992

Roland Morrow, 46, fell asleep while smoking a cigarette in the back of his friend's van in Fort Fairfield. The vehicle caught fire and Morrow died of smoke inhalation. His blood-alcohol level was 0.35 percent.

Oct. 9, 1992

In Mapleton, 38-year-old Gregory Allan Beaulieu fell asleep on the couch while he was cooking late one Friday night. He woke up to find his apartment filled with smoke. He attempted to open a window but was overcome by smoke and died. His blood-alcohol level: 0.27 percent.

Nov. 28, 1992

Charles Grinnell Jr., 29, died in his mobile home in Milo after a smoldering cigarette ignited an overstuffed chair in the living room. The fire began about 5:30 a.m. Grinnell was found in his bedroom and died of smoke inhalation. His blood-alcohol level was 0.23 percent.

ACCIDENTS

• A 23-year-old man died from alcohol poisoning and choking in Newport on Dec. 6. His blood-alcohol level was 0.50 percent.

• A 27-year-old woman choked on food in Portland on Aug. 5. Her blood-alcohol level was 0.43 percent.

• A 33-year-old man choked on alcohol in Sanford on Oct. 10. His blood-alcohol level was 0.42 percent.

• A 36-year-old man died from hypothermia at a camp in Weston on Jan. 20. His blood-alcohol level was 0.37 percent.

• A 59-year-old man died from hypothermia in his truck in Bremen on March 1. His blood-alcohol level was 0.36 percent.

• A 46-year old man died in a van fire in Fort Fairfield on May 6. His blood-alcohol level was 0.35 percent.

• A 48-year-old man died after falling down stairs in his Saco home on June 1. His blood-alcohol level was 0.35 percent.

• A 50-year-old man died from injuries he sustained after falling down stairs in his Gardiner home on Sept. 5. His blood-alcohol level was 0.34 percent.

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

• A 53-year-old man died after driving his car into a tree in Arrowsic on June 6. His blood-alcohol level was 0.36 percent.

• A 34-year-old man died after driving his car into a tree in Hartland on July 13. His blood-alcohol level was 0.36 percent.

• A 44-year-old woman died after driving her car into a utility pole in Portland on Dec. 19. Her blood-alcohol level was 0.31 percent.

• A 26-year-old man died after the pickup he was driving collided with another truck in Township 17, Range 5 in Aroostook County on Aug. 10. His blood-alcohol level was 0.31 percent.

• A 39-year-old man died after driving his car into a utility pole in Boothbay Harbor on Sept. 9. His blood-alcohol level was 0.31 percent.

• A 36-year-old man died when his car collided with another car in Fairfield on Jan. 31. His blood-alcohol level was 0.31 percent.

• A 67-year-old man died after driving his car into a building in Westbrook on Jan. 8. His blood-alcohol level was 0.28 percent.

• A 53-year-old man was hit by a car as he was walking in Portland on June 7. His blood-alcohol level was 0.28 percent.

SUICIDES

• A 49-year-old woman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Gorham on Sept. 1. Her blood-alcohol level was 0.40 percent.

• A 48-year-old man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Aurora on March 29. His blood-alcohol level was 0.32 percent.

• A 46-year-old man suffered hypothermia and drowned in Auburn on April 8. His blood-alcohol level was 0.32 percent.

• A 42-year-old man hanged himself in Hancock on June 11. His blood-alcohol level was 0.29 percent.

• A 24-year-old shot himself in Van Buren on Feb. 23. His blood-alcohol level was 0.28 percent.

• A 35-year-old man hanged himself in Westbrook on May 10. His blood-alcohol level was 0.23 percent.

• A 40-year-old man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Millinocket on May 13. His blood-alcohol level was 0.23 percent.

• A 72-year-old man shot himself in West Gray on Feb. 15. His blood-alcohol level was 0.20 percent.