13-yr-old started LA wildfire

A boy has admitted starting one of the devastating wildfires that swept through California by playing with matches, American officials have said. The boy was questioned by police about a blaze that destroyed 63 buildings in an area north of Los Angeles. It was one of several wildfires across California that forced 640,000 people from their homes in the biggest evacuation in the state’s history. The boy who is 13-years-old has been allowed home while police decide whether to press charges.