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 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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Officials said several propane tanks fell into the warehouse when the roof partially collapsed
Norwalk’s mayor said an investigation found a firefighter may have fed exam answers to his son during the entry-level firefighting exam
Officials say five fires were set back-to-back, prompting multiple departments to respond
Officials said the firefighter was struck in the chest by a piece of firefighting equipment while battling the blaze
The fire was 5% contained as of Monday morning after nearly 8,000 residents from 2,500 households were evacuated
A resident claims she saw someone in a Chicago fire truck removing the banner
Reporting and understanding these ‘small’ fires matters for firefighters and fire investigators
Firefighters came upon the man while battling the six wildfires he is suspected of starting
Investigators believe at least six fires have been set deliberately in Shelby this month, including one at the home of Fire Chief William Hunt
Researchers used first-person accounts from responders to inform recommendations for firefighter safety at ESS sites
A Navy memo stated that some areas of the ship were completed gutted during the four-day blaze
Santa Fe Fire Chief Paul Babcock said it could be several months to a year before the ladder truck can return to service
Police arrest two individuals; one says Mack Bond approached them at a park and made ‘uncomfortable’ request
The fire at the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Nantes evokes memories of the 2019 Notre Dame Cathedral fire in Paris
Supporters have staged overnight vigils and offered to install surveillance cameras at the shrine to five firefighters who lost their lives at the World Trade Center
The massive wildfire ravaged part of Sonoma County in 2019, scorching tens of thousands of acres and destroying 374 buildings
Navy: The fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard has been extinguished after one of the worst infernos to rip through a U.S. warship outside of combat
The memorial honors five Washingtonville firefighters who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center
Video shows the protester lying on the ground as the firefighter uses a hose to wash chalk off the street around her
The Ohio Fire Chief’s Association reported that the gunman yelled obscenities about first responders before shooting the former firefighter in the arms
Kentrelle Beasley Jr., 18, a volunteer firefighter with the Jeanerette Fire Department, was charged with one count of arson
Eman Mubarak Brown, 32, faces charges related to malicious injury to real property and attempts to burn
The Milwaukee Brotherhood of Firefighters released a statement this week about the February incident
Eman Mubarak Brown, 32, was identified using private surveillance video from a business near the memorial site
Officials say the rope tied into what appeared to be a crude noose was found in the locker of a Black Bloomington firefighter
Authorities say memorial crosses were broken, flags were scattered and a jug that smelled like gasoline was found nearby
Madison EMT Althea Bernstein, who is Black, told police she was attacked by four white men who sprayed her with lighter fluid and called her the N-word
Robert Lee Beckner, a member of the Iaeger Volunteer Fire Department, is accused of setting the fire that killed fellow Iaeger Firefighter Russell Roberson on Sunday
Seven police officers were also injured during unrest as officials investigated the disappearance of two teenage girls
The man is accused of starting the fire at a mobile home and then assaulting two firefighters as they tried to put it out