Boy + Matches = Fatal California Fires


	Boy + Matches = Fatal California Fires

kmakice

10-31-2007 2:53 PM

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The boy accidentally lit a fire near the city of Agua Dulce, north-east of Los Angeles. The blaze became known as the Buckweed fire, burning 38,000 acres and destroying 21 homes. </P><P></P><P>The boy, whose name and age have not been released, was handed over to his parents after being questioned by LA County sheriffs. The case will be handed over to the district attorney's office. It was unclear whether the boy had been arrested.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2202491,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12">
"He admitted to playing with matches and accidentally starting the fire," sheriff's department sergeant Diane Hecht said in a statement.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2202491,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12"><P>
A total of half a million acres were burned in the fires, with 1600 homes levelled and 14 deaths attributed to the fires. Eighteen of the fires are now fully contained, with the remainder at 70% containment by this morning.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9096D3D0-1387-4573-87EF-95619CCC296D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>