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"What does &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/ricki-lake/\"&gt;Ricki Lake&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;have in common with the &lt;strong&gt;Exxon Valdez&lt;/strong&gt;? Each is responsible for a super-destructive, wildly expensive oil spill ... allegedly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"Ricki Lake Lawsuit\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/06/09/0609-ricki-lake-ex-tmz.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lake is being sued for allegedly making a HUGE mistake with some flammable heating oil ... and causing the fire that burned down the Malibu beach house she was renting back in 2010. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the lawsuit filed by the owner of the home ...&amp;#160; Lake was refilling a portable space heater when she spilled the oil on the hot heating coils -- and the oil burst into flames. The fire quickly ripped through the entire property.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/06/09/0609-ricki-lake-house-infdaily-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ricki Lake\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the lawsuit, filed Monday in L.A. County Superior Court, the owner, Hovsep Kousouyan, claims Lake spoke with emergency personnel who responded to the fire -- and she admitted the whole thing was her fault. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kousouyan says his beach house was completely destroyed in the blaze -- and wants Lake to pay for all of the damages ... which could be in the millions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calls to Lake's rep have not been returned. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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