Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Boys playing with gasoline and flint blamed for starting three-alarm fire causing $250,000 in damage in Lincoln, NE






By KOLN-TV, The Associated Press |
Posted: Tue 9:36 AM, Jul 19, 2016


LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Three boys playing in a garage are being blamed for starting a three-alarm fire that spread to two houses Monday afternoon, displacing six residents. A firefighter went to the hospital for treatment of heat exhaustion.

Fire investigator Mike Wright says the boys, ages 7, 8 and 11, were playing near 44th and Calvert around 5 p.m. when one knocked over a gas can, spilling gas onto the floor. One of the boys then struck a piece of flint, igniting the flames.

No one was inside either home at the time. A dog was rescued from one residence.

Damage to the garage and the two houses was estimated at about $250,000.