Family: 3-year-old injured in fire was playing with a lighter
by 13News  Posted on May 2, 2013 at 4:50 AM  Updated Saturday,
Nov 2 at 7:33 PM  NN 16th Street fire  View larger map  NEWPORT
NEWS - A 3-year-old boy is being treated for breathing in a lot
of smoke when fire started in his home in Newport News.  Family
members say he was was playing with a lighter under the bed and
the room caught fire.  When crews arrived around 10:30 p.m., the
child was trapped inside the burning apartment on 16th Street.
 Police were first on the scene and tried to get in, but the
smoke and heat were too intense.  Firefighters were close behind
and quickly made their way into the two-story apartment. They
found the child in an upstairs bedroom.  A neighbor said  the
child's mother was distraught.  "I was praying with her, I was
crying with her,  it was very emotional," she said.  A woman who
identified herself as the boy's aunt said he's sedated at the
hospital and he's being treated for smoke inhalation.
Authorities say he