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Fireworks suspected in Fort Collins blaze
Posted: 07.01.2009 at 2:29 PM
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- Fireworks are being blamed for a trailer fire in Fort Collins.

No one was injured in Tuesday's fire at the Timber Ridge South Mobile Home Park. But two underage boys face arson charges after witnesses told police the boys started the fire playing with fireworks. The boys were not named because of their ages.

The Larimer County Sheriff's Office says the boys were setting off fireworks they bought at a roadside stand Tuesday evening. The fireworks were set near a shrub, which caught fire and spread to a nearby trailer.

Fire authorities repeated warnings going into the Fourth of July holiday to be careful with fireworks. They say more than half the outdoor fires nationwide occur in the days around the Fourth of July.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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