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Boys Left Home Alone Set Mattress On Fire With A Lighter (VIDEO)

By Emma Koch
March 19, 2013 Updated Mar 19, 2013 at 5:34 PM EDT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) -- Fire crews were called to a home in the 1300 block of High Street just after 8:00 a.m. Tuesday morning to reports of a home filled with smoke.

Two boys, ages 12 and eight, were home alone and has set a mattress on fire while playing with a lighter. They got out of the house okay.



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