SPOKANE, Wash. — Two fires started by children 11 or younger have occurred in Spokane over the last two days, prompting safety warnings from the fire department.

A 10-year-old boy was playing with a lighter inside his family's home on Allen Place when he accidentally lit a mattress on fire. Firefighters kept the fire contained to just the mattress, but there was smoke damage inside the house.

The fire happened 24 hours after an 11-year-old boy died in a house fire he allegedly started on Rowan Avenue, less than a mile away.

Fire officials say parents should look for warning signs that their child might be playing with fire.

"Your kid might tell you, you also might see some burned tissues in a garbage can, in the toilet or maybe outside. You could see some different burned debris which

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