26/10/2007

Baby Hospitalised After 'Sparkler' Blaze

An infant is in hospital and a family has been left homeless after a fire at their house in Londonderry.

The fire service believe the blaze at a house in Carnhill on Thursday was caused by a child playing with sparklers in an upstairs bedroom.

The baby was treated in hospital for smoke inhalation and the house was extensively damaged.

(BMcC)

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