A 13-year-old Burlingame boy was arrested Friday night on suspicion of starting a fire that caused $1 million in damage to a building that houses apartments and businesses, police said Saturday.
Burlingame Sgt. Dawn Cutler said the fire broke out at 4:30 p.m., apparently sparked by the boy tossing an unextinguished match into a garbage can. Flames and smoke forced the evacuation of residents from two apartments and several businesses in the two-story building in the 1200 block of Burlingame Avenue.
Police did not disclose what charges the boy was taken into custody for. There were no reported injuries. Police said the boy did not live in either of the apartments in the building.
Officials at Hillcrest Juvenile Hall in San Mateo would not say whether the boy was still in custody at the youth detention center.
The businesses in the building include a children's clothing store, a stamp collection business, a restaurant, an antique and jewelry store and a self-storage business.
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