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Posted October 31st, 2007 by minortopics | Permalink

Boy playing with matches started California wildfires

While arson was always suspect in the current ravishing Southern California fires, it now seems that it wasn’t the act of some psycho with malicious intent, but instead it was a young boy playing with matches (and who has obviously never heard of Woodsy the Owl):

The boy, whose name and age were not released, confessed to starting the Buckweed fire, north of Los Angeles, on October 21 but claimed it was an accident.

Diane Hecht, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, said: “He admitted to playing with matches and accidentally starting the fire.”

The boy was released to his parents, and the case will be be presented to the district attorney’s office. He is believed to be under the age of 13, according to Reuters.

He is SOOOOOO grounded.


Information from: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/wo...



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