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Source: Teen accused in fatal blaze set earlier fire

The teen firefighter accused of setting the February fire that killed four members of a neighboring family had been suspended by the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department because he admitted torching a nearby trash retainer nine months before, a source close to the probe said. The source said the trash fire occurred just before the teen, Caleb Lacey, joined the volunteer department in May 2008. Lacey,...

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