Boy, 5, burns down grandma's apartment in Taraz

TARAZ. KAZINFORM - A five-year-old boy left unsupervised set his grandmother's apartment on fire in Taraz, the press service of the Zhambyl regional emergencies department says.

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The boy set fire to the carpet and the blaze engulfed the one-bedroom apartment. His 88-year-old grandmother managed to put out the fire before the firefighters arrived. But the old lady was hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning afterwards.