Investigation ongoing after toddler burned at day care Share Updated: 6:04 PM EST Jan 5, 2021 Share Updated: 6:04 PM EST Jan 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript TODD? TODD: LAST NIGHT, AND AGAIN TODAY, POLICE HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWING PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE DAY CARE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF A FIRE THAT SENT A LITTLE BOY TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THE BOY IS NOW ON A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY. >> THE YOUNG BOY, WE GOT REPORTS THAT HE’S DOING OK THIS MORNING. HE’S BEING TREATED AT SHRINERS IN BOSTON FOR HIS BURNS. TODD: OXFORD POLICE SAY THE YOUNG BOY, INJURED MONDAY DURING A FIRE AT HIS DAY CARE, IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. HE WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR OF A BEDROOM. >> WE KNOW THE ROOM OF ORIGIN. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE ROOM OF ORIGIN. TODD: INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, AND IF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE WAS INVOLVED. >> SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED AT THIS POINT, PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESIDENCE, PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE RESIDENCE, THE OWNER OF THE RESIDENCE, OBVIOUSLY. TODD: GOOD MORNING. A WOMAN OPENED THE DOOR, THEN SLAMMED IT SHUT WHEN WE VISITED TODAY. WE DID GET SOME ANSWERS, THOUGH, FROM THE STATE. THE PROVIDER HAS BEEN A LICENSED FAMILY CHILD CARE OPERATION SINCE 2002. DURING A MONITORING VISIT IN JANUARY 2020, THE DAY CARE WAS FOUND TO BE NON-COMPLIANT WITH SEVERAL REGULATIONS, INCLUDING, A PERSON ON THE PREMISES WHO HAD NOT GONE THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECK, ALSO AN INFANT NAPPING IN AN UNLICENSED BEDROOM, CLUTTER IN THE KITCHEN, BEDROOM, AND ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE. LOTIONS, POWDER, OTHER POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ITEMS WERE ACCESSIBLE IN A BEDROOM. THERE WERE SHOVELS ACCESSIBLE IN THE FRONT YARD PLAY AREA, AND A TV IN THE LIVING ROOM NOT SECURED TO THE WALL OR FURNITURE. DURING A VIRTUAL VISIT LAST MONTH, THE DAY CARE OPERATION WAS FOUND TO BE FULLY COMPLIANT. IN ADDITION TO THE INVESTIGATION BY POLICE AND FIRE, THE DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE HAS NOW OPENED ITS OWN INVESTIGATION. REPORTING LIVE IN OXFORD, TODD KAZAKIEWICH, WCVB NEWSCENTER