VOODOO SEX CANDLES TRIGGERED FATAL FIRE

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VOODOO sex ceremony candles caused a fire that swept through a New York apartment block killing a women. 
Fire marshals said a woman paid $300 a man known in Brooklyn as a voodoo priest to bring her good luck.
He performed a ceremony which involved the man and woman having sex in a bed surrounded by candles. 
Those candles set fire to the linens and clothes on the floor, a Fire Department of New York spokesman said. 
But instead of calling 911, the man conducting the ceremony tried in vain to douse the flames with water.

Another person then opened the front door to try and let the smoke out but instead an  FDNY statement said it: "shot the flames back inside, creating a blowtorch effect as winds whipped in through the open window and pushed fire out into the hallway." 
When the people in the apartment ran out, they left the door open, fire officials said. Flames quickly spread to the fourth, fifth and sixth floors, causing part of the roof and fourth floor to collapse, the FDNY said.
Mary Feagin, 64, who lived on the sixth floor, died in the fire, and at least 20 firefighters and three other people were hurt, the FDNY said.
Nearly 200 firefighters from 44 companies spent almost seven hours bringing the fire under control, the fire department said.