Boy 'admits to California fire'

A boy playing with matches has confessed to starting a devastating wildfire in California, officials say.

The unidentified child, believed to be a pre-teen, was questioned by police on 22 October about a fire that destroyed 63 structures north of Los Angeles.

The boy "admitted that he had been playing with matches" a police spokesman said.

Wildfires forced 640,000 people from their homes last week in the biggest evacuation in California's history.