Arson/Investigation
The FireRescue1 Arson/Investigation resources page features news about confirmed and suspected arson as well as information on the latest fire investigation methodologies to help fire investigators and other personnel identify fire causes.
Investigators said spontaneous combustion in hop bales caused a fire inside the cold room of a Yakima County warehouse
Officials concluded the wildfire likely reignited from winds carrying an ember into a dry gully but did not address liability
The BioLab plant in Conyers has had chemical leaks and fires in previous years that caused evacuations and shelter-in-place orders
Baltimore began looking into the matter after audio of firefighters being ordered to leave the scene circulated on the internet
The surveillance video shows a man wielding a gun walking up a sidewalk and motioning to someone on his right moments before the slaying of Gregory Howard
The report said the two men should not have been in an alley next to the three-story brick building
The owner told deputies he wanted to torch all the trailers on his property because of tenants who were misusing drugs
Two firefighters sustained non-life threatening injuries when the front porch of the building collapsed while they were standing on it
The natural gas explosion critically injured two people and leveled a house
The investigation was prompted by Thomas Ronalter’s refusal to hang a photograph of the department’s first black chief
Velmando Williams, 22, was charged with arson, attempted homicide and kidnapping
The three described what happened as a “joke,” but Chief John Jurgle said he won’t “tolerate this kind of thing”
Jarrod Samra is suspected of being responsible for eight wildfires over the last two months
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Friday that a gun fired on public lands caused the wildfire that burned 127 square miles
Firefighter Idris Debruhl claimed the department did nothing when he complained about the license plate
Michael Chambers disappeared from his home and has been missing for five months
Rachele Jarrett was asleep on a porch when Carl T. Magee III poured gasoline on her and set her on fire
Tyler Carender, 20, is charged with causing more than a half-million dollars in damage to a church and middle school
“Never before in Summit County history has one man been charged for the murders of nine people,” said Chief Prosecutor Margaret Scot
Two radios, two firefighting helmets and an Apple iPhone were stolen from fire trucks while they were parked outside of a hotel
A family called 911 after feeling overcome by something, and the responders experienced the same symptoms
Authorities said the fire started when a man set a pile of weeds on fire and it raged out of control near a cabin in the ski town of Brian Head
Investigators found that about 340 feet of electrified rail was pulled up from the ground in the fatal 2015 crash
Matthew Jurado was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the blaze at Kenneth Walker’s home last year
Stanley Ford is part of a program that allows defense attorneys to present evidence about why a defendant should not be sentenced to death
The fire displaced 130 residents and hospitalized seven people
Court documents show the FBI determined that one of two pipe bombs found in Benjamin Roden’s apartment utilized two 9-volt batteries and magnets
Fire officials said the search does not necessarily mean there is a criminal element to their investigation
Prosecutors said a drunken man doused a front porch in gasoline and ignited the blaze with a lighter
Fire officials said 40 apartment units were affected by the fire; it took more than 50 firefighters an hour to put out the heavy flames
Authorities believe he’s the same man who shot at a forest service fire prevention officer in Forest Lakes on July 4 and had been linked to multiple brush fires
Authorities said most of the fires appear to be caused by arson
