Young boy playing with matches sparks blaze that razes two houses

KOTA KINABALU: A young boy playing with matches and setting pieces of paper on fire is believed to have caused a blaze that burnt down two houses in Tawau district on Wednesday (Sept 21).

Firemen at the scene were told that the boy, whose age was not disclosed at the time of writing, had placed burning pieces of paper under a wooden cupboard in the room he was in.