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.
Miami-Dade County’s Chief of Public Safety said the training was not a department-sanctioned event
Five roadside fires were intentionally ignited along a 2.5-mile stretch of the road in the foothill community of Penn Valley, CAL FIRE says
The man allegedly lit a car on fire near two popular swimming holes and pushed it down a 60-foot embankment, causing nearby dry grass to catch fire
No one was hurt, but prosecutors said one of the firebombs landed where a woman and her baby had just been sleeping
San Diego police arrested Anthony Alexander Padgett, 36, on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in the attacks on mostly sleeping men, some of whom were set on fire
The blazes caused more than $35,000 in damage to standing timber, watershed and recreational property
In addition to equipment loss and response problems, the departments’ plan to roll out an ambulance service is delayed
Ray Abou-Arab is accused of using an accelerant to burn an apartment building he owned where two Toledo firefighters died
Firefighters were exhausted going from fire to fire, many were right after one another; seven firefighters suffered minor injuries
Firefighters responded to the station for a vehicle-crash call to find the door kicked in, their truck and gear destroyed and their engine badly damaged
The fires coincided with the city’s fireworks night that officials say is a busy night for firefighters; this year there were 30 fire in 24 hours
He’s charged with 10 counts of arson for setting a series of fires within 90 minutes in March
Firefighters were nearly hit by running horses escaping the fire; investigators consider the fire suspicious
Korri-Don Jones, 29, is one of six firefighters arrested in early 2015 on suspicion of starting fires and then responding to put them out, in what investigators at the time called a “fire cult.”
New York Police Department officers Dennis Guerra and Rosa Rodriguez were trapped in the April 6, 2014, fire and were overcome by smoke
Authorities believe a dispute between homeless people living in an abandoned office building led one of them to set a fire that killed five others
Both fires were set by someone throwing a Molotov cocktail at the buildings; both fires were contained to the exteriors
He said he lit his apartment on fire so he could go to jail and not have to hear his neighbors; he may have brain damage from a stroke he suffered seven years ago
The May 20 blaze was caused by some kind of problem in a nearby bait shack that had been closed for a decade but still had electricity
Investigators have determined that at numerous fires, including one in a vacant building Monday, were intentionally set
Firefighters near Vancouver have battled three suspicious fires in church buildings in the past week
She and her children were treated for smoke inhalation after they got trapped upstairs during a Feb. 12 fire
The 71-page report says the firefighters were in an alley to protect a fire engine when a wall collapsed, killing the two
Bob Dombrowski: “You pull up and they lit a house on fire and there’s some people across the street with 40-ouncers and we’re putting on a show, putting out the fires.”
Crews found heavy smoke and flames coming from the house and did an aggressive interior attack to locate the boy
A discarded cigarette started a fire that burned 42 acres and forced the evacuation of an apartment complex
The 2013 fire killed her ex-boyfriend, three of her children and severely burned her daughter
Authorities believe the fire was intentionally set, causing thousands to leave their homes
The fire triggered a massive explosion that killed 15 people, injured hundreds and left part of the small town in ruins
Hunter Powell found a garden hose and kept the fire from spreading; police suspect a burglar set the fire
The blaze burned 42 acres and required the efforts of more than 100 firefighters to douse
The chief was accused of setting a blaze that over 100 firefighters had to battle
State Farm offers a K-9 through a grant program that allows fire departments to prevent and detect fire sources