Prosecutors examine blaze case against 12-year-old boy

Prosecutors in California are to review evidence before deciding whether to charge a 12-year-old boy whose play with matches started a blaze that ripped through nearly 60 square miles and destroyed 21 homes.

“It was a child-set fire, but it is not clear what his intentions were at this time,” said Bill McSweeney, chief of the Los Angeles County sheriff’s homeland security department.