A 15-year-old has been referred to juvenile court after a May 10 fire destroyed his parents home minutes after they were awakened by the sound of breaking glass and the smell of smoke.

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The blaze started near the boy's bedroom, then engulfed the entire house. It took firefighters about an hour to control.The fire was the second within three months at the home, at 254 W. Fourth North, the boy's mother said. The first fire started in the kitchen but was extinguished before it caused much damage.

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