Two teenage boys setting off fireworks sparked a fire that torched a house trailer in Larimer County.
The incident happened at about 7 p.m. Tuesday at Timber Ridge South Mobile Home Park, according to a media release from the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office.
The unidentified juveniles were setting off fireworks and ignited a shrub. The fire quickly spread to the trailer home.
No one was home at the time, and no one was injured.
The pair, both 14, face charges of fourth-degree arson and criminal mischief, authorities said.
Fireworks that leave the ground or explode are illegal in Colorado unless part of a professional display.
The fireworks the boys were playing with, however, were legal, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com
