Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-15 | Page 11 | Boy Confesses Starting Fires

BOY DOY CONFESSES I ST STARTING FIRES Yakima Business Section Threatened Four Blaz Blazes s Occur YAKI YAKIMA A Wash Wasll Au AUK AUK- 14 By The Th Associated Presa- Presa Press Yakima's entire business lousiness district WU was endangered by tire fire yester yester- yesterday yesterday day an year eight year old old boy started four tour tires fires fire In the heart of at the city within I an hour The Tho chief tire fire Inspector In said Mid to- to today to today day the th boy had been placed In Inthe the tho detention home after arter mak- mak makIng making inc mak-inc Ing a complete confession and also admitting he h attempted to fire the tho big Me warehouse of ot the tho tb Ameri Ameri- American American American can Fruit Growers Inc In to the produce section hero here two weeks ago extinguished All of the tho th fires were extinguish extinguish- extinguished cd ed with only small losses The situation was complicated when a 0 fifth t fire tire re an accidental one called part of ot tho the equipment to the residential section The boy told police he h resided near a big ble barn which burned a afew afew few nights ago aro and that he h had been so excited by the th fire fir and by the work of oC o the tho department that he h had decided to have some fun of at his own Officers said the boy had been previously been bc n In a detention home