DALLASTOWN, Pa. --
At least four people were displaced from their home after a two-alarm fire in York County.
It started just after 10 a.m. Saturday on the 300 block of South Pleasant Avenue in Dallastown.
Police said a 7-year-old boy was playing with a lighter when he accidentally ignited his curtains. The curtains then fell onto a bed, igniting that.
Witnesses said flames were shooting out the roof from the second-floor bedroom window.
It took firefighters about 10 minutes to control the fire.
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"The second floor is heavily damaged with smoke and heat. The one room is heavily damaged with fire. They were able to contain most of the fire to the one bedroom in question," said Joseph Yahnke of the Red Lion Fire Company.
Firefighters said no one was hurt.
An adjoining home sustained minor damage.
Police estimate the damage to the house was about $35,000 and about $10,000 in contents was lost.
The residents were renting and did not have renters insurance.
