KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) - Investigators say a woman who was seriously burned in a Kennewick motel fire had been drinking and smoking in bed.

The fire early Sunday was confined to a single room on the third floor of the Cedars Inn and Suites. The 71-year-old Yakima woman was taken to a Richland hospital and then flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Sprinklers put out the fire. About 120 other motel residents were evacuated to another motel.

The Tri-City Herald reports ( http://is.gd/MyGRa3) police had been called to the same room Saturday night because three young children were unsupervised because their mother and their grandmother _ the 71-year-old women _ were intoxicated. The mother was arrested and the children were removed by Child Protective Services.

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Information from: Tri-City Herald, http://www.tri-cityherald.com

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