[an error occurred while processing this directive] Boy upset over grades sets fire to exam, then home

01/22/2003

Associated Press

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. - Authorities on Long Island, N.Y., say a teen got more than he expected as he was letting out his frustration over poor grades.

Police say the 14-year-old set some test papers on fire and threw them out a second-floor window of his home.

But they say a fire then started outside the home - and the building itself began to burn when an ember blew back into the boy's room.

It took eight trucks and 60 firefighters to put out the blaze, which gutted the home's second floor.

The boy has been charged with fourth-degree arson.

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