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Match-Playing Boy Ignited Inferno, Authorities Say
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Published: November 1, 2007
Updated: 11/01/2007 12:55 am
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Officials blamed a wildfire that consumed more than 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes last week on a boy playing with matches, and said they would ask a prosecutor to consider the case.
The boy, whose name and age were not released, said he sparked the fire Oct. 21, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Diane Hecht said Tuesday. Ferocious winds helped it quickly spread.
'He admitted to playing with matches and accidentally starting the fire,' Hecht said.
The boy was released to his parents, and the case will be presented to the district attorney's office, Hecht said.
The Associated Press
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