LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Lincoln fire officials say smoldering
newspapers sparked a fire that caused $60,000 in damage to a house
build by volunteers for the Lincoln-Lancaster County Habitat for
Humanity.
The fire broke out early on June 1. No one was injured.
The Lincoln Journal Star says Monday that investigators
determined that two teenagers who lived at the house set some
newspapers on fire in the driveway. They poured water on the papers
and swept them off the driveway, close to the house, where the fire
apparently rekindled.
The house was damaged, and a car parked in the driveway was
destroyed.