SOUTHLAND : SHORT TAKES : Small Fire Routs 1st-Graders
From Times Staff and Wire Service Reports
A small fire in a classroom at Benjamin Franklin School in Altadena today was apparently started by a 6-year-old playing with matches in a closet, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
The fire engulfed a classroom filled with first-graders but was quickly extinguished. There were no injuries, officials said.
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