A 12-year-old child who came to his father's workplace in Ningbo city, China, caused an entire office to catch fire due to carelessness.
The details of the incident were published by the "South China Morning Post".
The father took his child to his workplace to further improve their relationship, but being busy with his work, he left the child unattended. The teenager, feeling lonely being alone, chose a different activity and tried to burn paper napkins with a lighter.
Sparking embers fell into the trash bin next to the desk and caught fire, and within a short time, the room was engulfed in flames. The child called his father for help, and the father immediately contacted rescuers and, together with colleagues, tried to stop the fire. Although a large part of the fire was controlled before the fire brigade arrived at the scene, the workplace was completely rendered unusable.
Although no one sustained bodily injuries in the incident, it is reported that the material damage amounted to tens of thousands of yuan./oxu.az