4 girls, 12 and 14 years old, accused of setting house fire in Cambria County, PA
Four teenage girls ranging in age from 12 to 14 have been arrested on juvenile court charges of setting a fire that destroyed an unoccupied western Pennsylvania house in the suburban Johnstown borough of Ferndale earlier this month, sending a police officer and a firefighter to the hospital, authorities said.
Chief John Blake said the girls are accused of starting the April 3 fire in a duplex using numerous aerosol sprays. “They placed a shoebox on the couch and threw lit pieces of paper into the box that had been sprayed with accelerant,” Blake said.
The girls became suspects after posting a Snapchat video showing themselves starting the fire, Chief John Blake said. The chief said authorities are also looking at the four in connection with another attempted arson earlier in the day, when a nearby home was broken into and a mattress set afire.
Asked by police why they set the blaze, the girls “said they were bored,” Blake said. The juveniles were released into the custody of their parents or guardians and their cases will be heard in Cambria County juvenile court.
https://triblive.com/local/regional/4-girls-12-and-14-years-old-accused-of-setting-house-fire-in-cambria-county/
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