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The state fire marshal initially ruled the cause of the fire in a mobile home park as “undetermined,” but later changed his opinion to “possibly incendiary,” according to fire investigator Terry Brown.

The state turned over evidence to a Woodford County judge on Friday related to an alleged propensity of a 12-year-old boy to start fires, including an April 2019 blaze that killed five people.

A Goodfield youth denied setting a fire that killed five people in April 2018, but admitted to police that he had previously played with fire, according to videotaped police interview played Monday in Woodford County juvenile court.

Two days after five members of his family were killed in a 2019 mobile home fire in Goodfield, a 9-year-old boy became a suspect in what authorities considered to be a case of arson, a Woodford County detective testified Friday at the minor’s juvenile court hearing on murder charges.

Fire is a powerful element that the human species has long manipulated. We use it for cooking, warmth, and light, among many other things. It has been a

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