Child with Matches Starts Three-Alarm Pennsylvania Fire

    March 16, 2006
    Flames sparked in a mattress in a second floor bedroom

    Police said a child could be to blame for a three-alarm fire in Carrick.

    Investigators think a child playing with matches started the fire on Meredith Street on Tuesday night.

    Flames sparked in a mattress in a second floor bedroom.

    Everybody got out OK, but officials said the house was a total loss. Officials estimated damages at $49,000.

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