PORT LUDLOW — A home on Oak Bay Road was consumed by flames on Monday afternoon as a result of a child playing with fire.
According to Port Ludlow Fire and Rescue Chief Ed Wilkerson, the fire at 10150 Oak Bay Rd. began when a 4-year-old child ignited a mattress in the home while playing with some matches.
“Either one, or both of the children in the home, were lighting pieces of paper on fire and started the bedding and mattress on fire in one of the bedrooms,” Wilkerson said.
“There’s nothing suspicious about it, it was straight forward children playing with matches.”
Wilkerson said it appeared that the two children were in the home by themselves when the fire started.
“One of them ran across to the house next door to tell their mother the home was on fire,” he said.
“She then ran back and pulled the youngest child out.”
