3-year-old playing with lighter starts fire in Arizona home

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. — A 3-year-old who was unsupervised started a house fire in Arizona on Wednesday, authorities said.

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Emergency crews were called to a home in Prescott Valley at around 2:12 p.m., KNXV reported. Firefighters were able to quickly put out a fire in one of the bedrooms, the television station reported.

An investigation revealed the fire was started by a 3-year-old who was playing with a lighter, the Prescott Valley Police Department stated in a news release posted on its Facebook page.

3-YEAR-OLD STARTS HOUSE FIRE IN PRESCOTT VALLEY On November 25, 2020 at 2:12 PM, Prescott Valley police officers and...

Posted by Prescott Valley Police Department on Wednesday, November 25, 2020

“The 3-year-old, along with three other juvenile siblings, were unsupervised at the time,” the department stated in its news release.

Fire crews said no one was injured, KNXV reported.


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