Cops: Mom hurt after daughter, 5, sets fire
A Hempstead woman was hospitalized for smoke inhalation after her 5-year-old daughter accidentally set fire to a bed with a lit candle, officials said.
About 75 firefighters and 12 pieces of fire apparatus responded to the fire on Patterson Avenue at 12:40 p.m., Nassau County police said.
The 5-year-old and her 3-year-old brother got out of the house safely, while their 29-year-old mother was treated for smoke inhalation at a hospital, police said. A police spokeswoman said she did not know the mother's condition.
None of their identities were released.
Police said investigators from the Fire Marshal's Office determined the 5-year-old had started the fire by accident.
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