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A 59-year-old Lakewood man who was severely burned in a townhome fire has died of his injuries.
Robert Michael Loveridge died late Tuesday of injuries suffered in a fire at 1541 S. Owens St., according to a media release from the West Metro Fire Protection District.
Loveridge suffered third-degree burns over 80 percent of his body. Investigators believe a lit cigarette burned a couch and started the fire, West Metro said.
Firefighters pulled Loveridge from the fire at about 1 p.m. Tuesday, but he died later that night at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
