By Courtney Elko
SWEDESBORO -- A child playing with a lighter was the cause of the March fire that gutted a Kings Highway apartment building.
The Gloucester County Fire Marshal labeled the fire as accidental in origin.
According to the report, a 12-year-old boy admitted to starting the fire in a bedroom.
He was playing with a lighter, heard a pop, felt something burn his finger and then dropped the lighter under a bed, according to the report.