A five-year-old boy received serious injuries after a fire engulfed his Brooklyn apartment on Knickerbocker Avenue. The fire broke out at around 3p.m, July 07.

Fire officials are investigating the cause of this fire, but it is reported that the boy named Jay Morales, had threatened to set the apartment on fire to kill his grandmother who didn’t allow him to go to the park.

The boy was rebuked for making prank calls to the 911. It is reported that he then found a lighter and set fire to the curtains of his apartment.

The boy was reportedly being punished for prank calling 911. Sources say he then found a lighter and set fire to curtains in the apartment.

The 5-year-old has received serious burn injuries and was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center. Four other people received burn injuries in the fire.