FIREFIGHTER 1: See what we got.
[DOG BARKING]
What do we got, guys?
Couch on fire, but something's hissing.
Pull a booster.
Booster line.
[EMERGENCY PHONE RINGING]
I don't know what that is hissing.
FIRE DISPATCHER: [INAUDIBLE]
Help them with a booster.
FIRE DISPATCHER: [INAUDIBLE]
I don't know what it is.
OK.
It looks like a rubbish.
Something's hissing.
I don't know if there's a propane tank in there or what.
[INAUDIBLE]
Let's see what that is.
Smells like-- I don't know what it is.
Here's what was hissing--
torch.
Who was cooking or using that?
MAN: I did have a little--
FIREFIGHTER 1: Fire pit?
And it was unattended?
MAN: Yeah.
I was just sleeping.
The little monster came out and was monkeying around with it.
FIREFIGHTER 1: OK.
MAN: Right now he's inside hiding in his room.
FIREFIGHTER 1: All right.
What do you think he was doing?
I need to talk to him and find out exactly what he was doing.
MAN: [INAUDIBLE]
FIREFIGHTER 1: All right.
MAN: [INAUDIBLE]
Well, you know you left an unattended fire with a minor.
No, I was sleeping.
Well, yeah, you left it unattended.
Yeah, I mean, I was sleeping.
I didn't--
FIREFIGHTER 1: No, you left it unattended, right?
No, I was sleeping [INAUDIBLE]..
OK.
MAN: [INAUDIBLE].
Before I could go inside, I was putting it out,
You know what I mean?
FIREFIGHTER 2: How'd you put it out?
MAN: I poured water on it.
Well, I threw dirt on it.
FIREFIGHTER 1: There were some propane torches and stuff
like that, too, so I don't know if the kid was playing
with that stuff or not.
So we'll see.
We'll see.
I'm going to need to find out exactly what he did
and what happened.
MAN: [INAUDIBLE]
This looks like we might have a juvenile that
started this fire.
Yeah, just [INAUDIBLE],, you guys just hit this really well.
I got to get my paperwork.
FIREFIGHTER 3: Copy.
They say this is a juvenile started this,
so let me get that done and we'll get out of here.
I don't think he gets what I'm saying.
I got to get my photos and can figure it out.
I mean, the kid's 3, you know?
Right here.
That's what you played with?
That's still venting, too.
Oh, it had an auto-igniter.
Did you push the auto-igniter and light it?
No?
Yeah, it's still gassing.
OK.
Yeah, you're OK.
You can go with your grandma.
And you lit the couch on first?
And then you ran away?
Yeah?
No, you watched it?
What did you do when you lit the fire?
I know it's hard, bud.
You're 3.
I get it.
Have you ever seen him light anything before or anything?
No?
What concerns me is that there was a fire unattended.
I mean, he said that he fell asleep or went to bed
and left the fire.
And then there's stuff for him to play with all
over this area, you know?
So, I mean, there's--
Draby, get over here.
You're responsible.
Well, I don't really need to talk to him yet.
I'll get more information from you than I will him.
And he's the father?
No, he's [INAUDIBLE].
Who's the legal guardian?
He's at work.
He'll be home shortly.
OK.
And who lives in here?
He does and sometimes his daughter,
and sometimes his daughter's mother.
OK, so he lives with you in the house.
He lives with me in that house.
OK. And what's your address?
OK.
What really concerns me is that we got lucky.
It's not windy out.
If it was windy, this would be a whole other issue.
There's a lot of rubbish and a lot of stuff here
that would have caught fire.
Just [INAUDIBLE] here is like kerosene.
It lights up quick.
And then look at all the materials and trash and stuff
all through this property that's pretty bad.
This could have been a pretty bad scene if it would have been
windy, you know?
It didn't start by this, it started by him lighting
the couch on fire.
You could see right where it started.
And there's lighters and stuff everywhere, all over the place.
You guys, this is pretty good?
Cool comfortable?
We'll do one more.
Yeah, let's just use it up.
I want to make sure this is out if it's windy tonight.
So you understand our concern?
Yeah.
OK, that's all.
And the thing is if he was unsupervised,
this happened with lighters and stuff everywhere.
It was the officer who [INAUDIBLE] my trailer.
All right, buddy.
I don't want to see you ever again, OK?
[INAUDIBLE] fire.
No fires.
[INAUDIBLE] wildfires.
Yeah, no fires.
[INAUDIBLE]
So it's hard.
I mean, he's 3, you know?
All right.
Once chief gets done with his info, we'll get out of here.
It's important with a juvenile firestarter is that we nip this
in the bud now.
We've had a lot of problems with kids
out here with lighters and stuff.
It's hard, though. He's 3.
- I know. - You know what I mean?
- It's a tough age. - Like, what do you do?
Yeah.
[DOG BARKING]