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Family sets house on fire with firework

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – A house fire damaged one Lafayette family’s roof Sunday morning after they set off a firework.

Around 11 a.m., Lafayette fire and police were called to a house on Archway Drive.

Lafayette police said the family was trying to scare a bird out of a hole in the roof – with a firework.

Sparks flew and part of the roof caught fire.

No one was hurt and only the roof was damaged.

Lafayette fire crews extinguished the flames in about 30 minutes.