Three poeople are injured in a house fire in St. Augustine that appears to be the result of careless smoking.
The people who live in the home on Evergreen Ave. are being allowed to return home because the fire happened in the front of hte home.
The fire marshal says this was a smoking accident. Two elderly women live in the house, one woman was smoking a cigarette
in the bedroom when a cardboard box caught fire.
Firefighters say the woman took the box to the front door and it caught her clothes on fire. Neighbors saw her and put the fire out. She was taken to Shands Gainesville with serious burn injuries.
The other person who lives in the home was checked out at the hospital. One neighbor had to be taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.