3-year-old boy, mother injured in Fort Worth house fire
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FORT WORTH, Texas - A 3-year-old boy and his mother are being treated for burns after their Fort Worth home caught fire Friday afternoon.
Fort Worth fire officials said the fire started just after 2:15 p.m., in the back of the single-story home.
The boy has serious but non-life threatening second-degree burns. The mother is being treated for minor burns.
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Officials are now investigating what started the fire.
Arson investigators are on scene.