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Kids Playing with Lighter Accidentally Start Fire

By: Monte Schisler, News Director
Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2012

Two kids playing with a lighter are reportedly responsible for a fire in Hollister over the weekend, that severely damaged a home on Matthew Lane.

According to the Western Taney County Fire Department, 20 firefighters responded to the fire just after 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon, after flames that started in a shed, spread to a home causing major damage.

No one was injured in the fire, but the fire department says the family lost almost everything.

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It took firefighters over an hour to control a house fire in Hollister over the weekend, that started when two kids were playing with a lighter in a nearby garage.  The Western Taney County Fire Department says no one was hurt in the fire Saturday afternoon on Matthew Lane.