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A 5-year-old boy is believed to have been responsible for a fire that started in the back bedroom of a house in Council Bluffs on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
No one was injured in the blaze inside a single-story two-bedroom house at 127 Fleming Ave., which was reported at 4:55 p.m. Everyone who was home at the time escaped safely, according to 911 dispatchers.
Capt. Dale Lee of the Council Bluffs Fire Department said a woman and a child were already outside when firefighters arrived. It took about a half hour to get the blaze under control. Though it was a small home, heavy smoke kept firefighters from locating the fire.
Lee estimated the damage at $50,000 or more.
The house is on the north side of town, about two blocks south of Prospect Park.
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