Police said Buffam's former girlfriend extinguished the fire with a bucket of water.
WESTFIELD – Police charged a Main Street man with burning the contents of a building Monday night after he ignited a cardboard box on the porch of a former girlfriend.
Police early Tuesday charged Shawn Buffum, 35, of 83 Main Street, with burning the contents of a building, a felony.
Police said a Meadow Street woman was alone in the house with her child when she heard knocking on the door. She opened the door to find a cardboard box on top of a baby’s mattress leaning against a couch on the porch that had been ignited.
The woman said she carried the mattress and burning box outside where she extinguished the fire with a bucket of water.