Two boys setting cockroaches on fire for fun burned down their
grandparents' Pompano Beach home. No one was hurt in the
blaze.
City spokeswoman Sandra King says the boys, 8 and 10 years old,
were sleeping over their grandparent's home. The boys decided to
use rubbing alcohol and a lighter to set cockroaches they saw in
their room on fire.
A bed caught on fire and the blaze spread throughout the house. The
boys ran out and woke up their grandparents.
The Red Cross has placed the family at a hotel temporarily.
The boys will have to attend the Broward Sheriff's Office
Fire-Starter prevention and education program.
2007-09-10
