Haley Halford

Three year-old James Timsfield was put into the hospital due to a early fire this morning on Smithson Road.

Fire Captain George Russell from the Centerville Fire Department gave the details that a lit cigarette started the fire.

The man at fault for this unfortunate accident was the three year-olds’ father Jerry Timsfield. He claims he work up at 2:30 trying to get his son out of the apartment but the smoke was too thick to see inside the burning building.

The firemen we successful in getting the boy out in time but not before his lungs filled with the smoke that surrounded him.

The other tenants have put several with homes and have resorted to friends and Red Cross.

The fire took on 30 minute to calm down but there was an estimated damage price of $80,000. Pictures of the damages can be found on the fire department’s website.