California

Officials: Boy With Matches Started Fire

10.29.07 | No Comments

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Officials blamed a wildfire that consumed more than 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes last week on a boy playing with matches, and said they would ask a prosecutor to consider the case.The boy admitted to sparking the fire on Oct. 21, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Diane Hecht said Tuesday. Ferocious winds helped it quickly spread.“He admitted to playing with matches and accidentally starting the fire,” Hecht said in a statement.

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