A Demonstration Of A Homemade Flamethrower Lands A Kingsport Couple In Jail. 37 Year Old Dean Sparks Told Emergency Responders He Had Been Doing A Fire Demonstration For Friends, Officers Then Learned Three Children Lived In The Home But Were Not Currently There. Consent To Conduct A Search Of The Home Was Given. Authorities Found Conditions Inside To Be Very Unsanitary And The Home Was Quickly Condemned. Sparks Is Facing Several Charges Including Three Counts Of Child Endangerment. 29 Year Old Kayla Sparks The Children’s Mother Was Located And Charged With Child Endangerment, The Children Have Been Placed In The Care Of DCS.