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Mobile home fire caused by youngster with lighter

By Emily Gillespie, Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Published: October 9, 2013, 5:00pm

Vancouver firefighters quickly doused a fire in a room of a mobile home in the Maple Tree neighborhood Tuesday evening.

The fire was reported at 4:44 p.m. at 7300 N.E. 100th Ave, where arriving fire personnel reported finding fire coming from a window, Battalion Chief Chris Lines said.

Damage was contained to a room and its contents.

Lines said a juvenile admitted to setting fire with a barbecue lighter.

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