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10-YEAR-OLD IS LINKED TO HOME BLAZE.


Byline: Daily News

SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country,  - A 10-year-old Castaic boy who had been experimenting with fire was linked to a $1 million blaze at a construction site after blood hounds picked up his scent, a fire investigator said Friday.

The boy, whose name has not been released, poured plumber's glue glue: see adhesive.
glue

Adhesive substance resembling gelatin, extracted from animal tissue, particularly hides and bones, or from fish, casein (milk protein), or vegetables.
 at one of the K&B Homes under construction on Bridlewood Drive on March 24 and lighted the glue with a match, said Michael Digby, an arson arson, at common law, the malicious and willful burning of the house of another. Originally, it was an offense against the security of habitation rather than against property rights.  and explosives unit detective. The boy stomped out the fire.

The next day, the boy went inside a different home, poured the glue inside the home and lighted it, but this time he couldn't catch the flames, Digby said. The boy became scared and ran home.

A California Highway Patrol highway patrol
n.
A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways.
 officer driving on The Old Road saw the blaze and called the county fire department, Digby said. The blaze destroyed four nearly constructed homes and damaged one completed home, causing $1 million in damage.

The District's Attorney will decide whether to pursue charges, Digby said. The child could face a range of punishments, including spending time "Spending Time" is the first single released by Christian artist Stellar Kart.

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 in juvenile hall, to taking fire prevention classes or being placed on probation or home arrest.

``The important thing is the boy has to understand what he did was wrong, and I think he does now,'' Digby said.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Apr 14, 2001
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