(LaPorte, IN) - Just minor damage resulted from a house fire in La Porte on Wednesday.

Firefighters about 11 a.m. responded to the 600 block of Linwood Street.

A mother and her three children made it out safely, said LaPorte Fire Chief Andy Snyder.

Snyder says a 3-year old child playing with a burning decorative candle caught a mattress

on fire.

Snyder says damage was limited to the mattress, floor and surrounding items.

But due to water and smoke, though, the residents will have to wait for a clean-up

before moving back in, he said.