Investigators are asking for help finding a person who started a fire just feet from a sleeping infant.
Burghill-Vernon Fire Chief George Snyder says shortly after 1 p.m Thursday afternoon someone lit a fire on the porch of a duplex on the 6100 block of State Route 7.
Snyder says a young family was sleeping in a downstairs room, just 10 feet away from the flames. According the chief, the father woke up and saw the smoke.
Fortunately, the family was able to make it out of the building and no-one was injured, but Snyder says it could have been much worse.
Chief Snyder is hopeful that the busy stretch of Route 7, which is just feet away from the front porch, will prove useful. He's hoping that someone saw something that could give investigators a lead.