Campbell fire started by child playing with matches or lighter

CAMPBELL — A child playing with matches or a lighter started a fire at a city home today. Firefighters got the call at 11:42 a.m., the department reported.

The upper floor of the home at 92 Van Buren St. was heavily damaged, the department reported. The fire started in the 4-year-old boy’s bedroom.

The department said the boy’s mother, Jamie Bonilla, was downstairs when the fire began.

She went upstairs to check on the boy and was overcome by smoke. She was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center as a precaution. Everyone got out of the house safely.