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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Police: Boy, 6, started double-fatal Pa. blaze

PITTSBURGH - (AP) -- Investigators say a 6-year-old Pittsburgh boy set fire to a piece of paper that caught a couch on fire, sparking a blaze that killed a couple who lived in an upstairs apartment.
City police aren't identifying the boy who lived in the downstairs apartment with his mother and two brothers. The boy is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation but cannot be charged with a crime in Pennsylvania because he's under 10.

Police say the boy's mother apparently tried to put out the fire before calling 911 and fleeing with her children.  Full Article