I lit a small leaf pile on fire with a magnifying glass when I was 9 or 10. Shocked me that it worked!! I got it out before anybody knew I did it!
I also nearly set a pillow on fire in my room whilst sneaking a cigarette. The cig started the pillow smoldering, luckily it was a small throw pillow and I put that one out too!
My brother set our basement on fire when he was four, playing with matches. My mother used to ‘stuff envelopes’ to earn some extra money, and there were many boxes of envelopes in the basement, nice kindling indeed.
He came upstairs and closed the door to the basement and stood there with guilt all over his little face. My mother knew something was up, moved him away from the door and saw the fire. Yelled for my older sister to get a pot of water, she just screamed instead, the panicky one. I remember myself being outside seeing the fire in the basement window. Luckily a neighbor across the street ran over and put out the fire with our garden hose. When the fire dept. and police arrived, my mother had the cop talk to my brother to make a good impression on what he had done. I remember being mad because we were going to go Christmas shopping that night and the little brat ruined it!!