Officials say that a wildfire that charred more than 38,000 acres in California was started by a little kid who was playing with matches. The child's name and age were not given, but it is known that he is at home with his parents. The case will be presented to the Los Angeles District Attourney to determine if charges will be pressed. California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, said that they were going to "hunt down" people who were responsible for starting wildfires in California. The fire that the little boy started was blamed for 14 deaths, and charred more than 508,000 acres, and destroyed about 1600 homes.
I think this is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. Really now. Parents shouldn't have matches were little kids can find them. They should constantly tell them not to play with fire, especially if they live in California during the wildfire scare time. I mean, this kid killed 14 people because he was playing around with matches... his parents should have been more careful where they kept things. I think it is totally dumb that anything like this could happen because of a little kid. 14 people died. Fire is fun and all, but 14 people dying is not worth having a little fun with some matches. I think that the parents should get charged for their kid's mistake. The parents should punish the child too so he'll learn not to do stuff like this, but the parents are to blame for this too.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/31/fire.california/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
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