Dad Gets Prison In House Fire That Badly Burned Daughter, 7

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who authorities say improperly discarded a cigarette that sparked a house fire that severely burned his 7-year-old daughter in 2015 is headed to prison.
The Hartford Courant reports that Wallace Barton III was sentenced Friday to 10 years behind bars after pleading guilty to felony risk of injury to a minor and two misdemeanor counts of first-degree reckless endangerment.
Authorities say Barton told police he had smoked several cigarettes, injected