First indications point to a 3-year old with a lighter having started a house fire in Calle Azalea in Torre del Mar (Vélez-Málaga). This occurred at 09.40h on the 28th of last month.

In one moment there was an unfortunate combination of toddler + cigarette lighter + highly inflammable sofa, and in the next the residents of a 4-storey block of flats had to be evacuated.

The child’s parents were taken to the area hospital of Axarquia, suffering from shock – not a good start to the day. Fortunately nobody was hurt even though the flat was completely gutted.

(News: Torre del Mar, Axarquia, Costa de Sol, Malaga, Andalucia)