Boy Playing With Lighter Sparked Pennsylvania Blaze

    Aug. 26, 2008
    A woman, her son and grandson all escaped.

    HARRISBURG, Pa. --

    Fire investigators in Harrisburg said a 4-year-old boy playing with a cigarette lighter started a fire Monday afternoon.

    The blaze damaged a first-floor apartment in the Governor's Square Apartments on Woodbine Street.

    A woman, her son and grandson all escaped. They were given temporary shelter by the American Red Cross.

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