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.
Prosecutors say the man set a basement fire after threatening residents, sparking the blaze that led to Firefighter Michael Altman’s death
Investigators say a pre-dawn fire at a Bonny Doon fire station was likely arson, destroying a water tender but sparing the building
Kansas City firefighters extinguished another blaze at Parade Park, the 13th since Thanksgiving, as demolition faces new delays
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue has placed three employees on leave amid an investigation into the death of an instructor’s son during an unsanctioned training event
Philadelphia firefighters faced two blazes that killed three people and injured three others
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Authorities are investigating a propane leak as the cause of a fatal house explosion in Jefferson Township
The Los Angeles County Fire Department released a summary of the front-loader fire and explosion that killed Firefighter Andrew Pontious
The Park Fire, the fourth-largest wildfire in the state’s history, has burned over 670 square miles
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
Chicago Firefighter Jermaine Pelt was trapped in a collapse while fighting a fire in an abandoned building
French officials said the high-speed railway vandalism has paralyzed travel to Paris
The Park Fire has burned over 195 square miles and caused evacuations in Butte and Tehama counties
Nine people were injured in a fire in a Brooklyn apartment building after a suspect poured a flammable liquid inside the hallway
Texas A&M Forest Service said the firefighter is held on a $300,000 bond for setting multiple brush fires
Two Corinth firefighters were some of the first firefighters on the scene of the Shiloh Full Gospel Church fire
15 people died in the Elliott Chambers rooming house fire in Beverly in 1984
Firefighters searched twice for the missing man during the fire after being told he was inside
Nassau County police stated the 11-year-old child was told to light the fireworks which later set a shed and two houses on fire
A woman crashed her vehicle into a propane tank in the South Hill plant, causing an explosion and fire
The New Jersey Forest Service says the wildfire in the Wharton State Forest is 65% contained
Five members of a Senegalese family were killed when their home was set ablaze
Arson in Flint rose 41% in 2023 compared to 2022 and is on pace to be higher in 2024
Shelton firefighters discovered a large number of “firework displays” in the garage and basement during the earlier house fire
LAFD PIO Erik Scott said doctors were able to reattach the “nearly completely severed” ear following the blast at a brush fire
The fire ignited at a vacant Virginia Gardens building that had been used for fire department drills for the past month
Five people were injured in a Coweta County house fire that claimed six others
Investigators found that the tanker in the crash, fire that destroyed an interstate bridge had a hatch open, spilling nearly 2,500 gallons of fuel
Three firefighters were sent to the hospital during what Miami Mayor Francis Suarez called one of the worst fires in decades
Firefighters from at least six departments responded to the fire at Brant Performance Horses in Bellefontaine
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