Boy plays with lit candles, causing fire that destroys six homes

By STEPHANIE LEE

KOTA KINABALU: Six houses in Papar were destroyed in a blaze said to have been caused when a boy dropped some lit candles he was playing with.

It is learnt that the 12-year-old was playing with lit candles that fell and landed on some clothes.

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