LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (WINK) – A Florida teenager is facing charges after he allegedly started a house fire using a propane tank while a family of four and their pets were asleep inside.
Namiry Enrique Alvarez says her family is traumatized after a 14-year-old boy allegedly set their Lehigh Acres home on fire around 6 a.m. Saturday. Fortunately, none of the four family members were injured, but they had to escape through a window, as the fire blocked their front door.
“It was a very traumatic moment. Even now, two days later, I still can’t sleep, and neither can they because you relive everything that happened, and you’re afraid it’s going to happen again, which keeps you from sleeping,” said Alvarez through a translator…