SPRING HILL, Fla. – A quick response from Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) prevented a more serious incident after a child playing with a lighter ignited a mattress fire in a Spring Hill home early Sunday morning. No injuries were reported.
HCFR crews were dispatched at midnight to a residential fire on the 3000 block of Greynolds Avenue. Upon arrival, firefighters discovered a mattress ablaze in a child’s bedroom. Firefighters swiftly extinguished the flames, containing the damage to the bedroom.
Investigations revealed the cause of the fire was a child playing with a lighter they had found on top of the refrigerator…