Officials: Fatal Fire Caused by Child at Play

GREGG COUNTY — The Gregg County Sheriff’s Office Fire Marshal has determined that a fatal fire was accidental and was caused by a child playing with an ignition source. The sheriff’s office announced Wednesday that the fire marshal has finished the investigation into the blaze, which killed a toddler June 14 on Victorian Oaks, north of Lake Cherokee. According to KETK and the Longview News-Journal, Tasha LaShell Holland said her 3-year-old son, Ayden Bounds (pictured), was the boy who died. Two other children and the children’s father were injured but survived the blaze. Officials didn’t say which child was playing with the ignition source.