In re Wesley B.

MANGONES, J.,

superior court justice, specially assigned under RSA 490:3. Wesley B., a juvenile, appeals an adjudication of delinquency based on a charge of arson. See RSA ch. 169-B (1994 & Supp. 1999). He submits that the Manchester District Court (Lyons, J.) erred in admitting his inculpatory statement. We reverse and remand.

The following facts were adduced at the adjudicatory hearing. On November 6, 1997, firefighting personnel responded to a house fire *429reported at the Manchester residence of eleven-year-old Wesley and his family. While the emergency personnel were at the scene, Wesley…