Fire in lavatory area of air carrier widebody transport caused by young boy playing with matches.

Attributes
ACN	121131
Time
Date	198908
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ack
State Reference	MA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zbw tracon : phl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 840
ASRS Report	121131
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 3700
ASRS Report	121118
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Fire in lavatory waste container, caused by a young male passenger playing with matches. Smoke detector alerted the F/a's, who promptly and thoroughly extinguished the fire. Second officer and captain inspected the lavatory, noting no apparent damage other than smoke odor. Flight continued to destination uneventfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FIRE IN LAVATORY AREA OF ACR WDB CAUSED BY YOUNG BOY PLAYING WITH MATCHES.

Narrative: FIRE IN LAVATORY WASTE CONTAINER, CAUSED BY A YOUNG MALE PAX PLAYING WITH MATCHES. SMOKE DETECTOR ALERTED THE F/A'S, WHO PROMPTLY AND THOROUGHLY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. S/O AND CAPT INSPECTED THE LAVATORY, NOTING NO APPARENT DAMAGE OTHER THAN SMOKE ODOR. FLT CONTINUED TO DEST UNEVENTFULLY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.