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.
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
The homeless couple said the man threatened them with a gun before returning with a gasoline container
Police named Zarius Brown as a suspect for the November theft after he allegedly began selling parts of the truck online
Las Vegas firefighters said a woman set the firefighter’s classic 1972 Bronco truck ablaze for unknown reasons
Lisa Kohler said Tonya Johnson’s action of stepping into rush hour traffic was more dangerous than Russian roulette
Clinton Walker says he was unfairly targeted by an investigation that he says was one-sided
Firefighter Clint Walker is accused of refusing to hand over evidence to a police officer and using his uniform to gain unauthorized hospital access
Sheriff Randy Smith said Nanette Krentel’s death remains the parish’s only unsolved homicide of 2017
Oscar Picazo pleaded guilty on Dec. 11 to a count of grand theft by embezzlement with amount enhancements for theft over $65,000 and theft over $100,000
Kenneth Atkinson died in a fire at an abandoned home four days after being charged with attempting to start another fire
James Maw admitted to sparking 20 wildfires in 2013, and was arrested for lighting a fire on a ranch he worked on while on probation
Tom Williamson said he had arrived for his regularly scheduled shift when a superior handed him paperwork saying he was under investigation
Crew members said they were only focused on transporting the patient who was the subject of the current 911 call
Allegations against the fire station members include creating a text group and sharing photos of their privates near the faces of unsuspecting sleeping colleagues
Firefighters noticed a foul smell coming from air canisters during a breathing test, which prompted a shut down of all three of the department’s air compressors
Jonathan Monroe is charged with 25 sex-related charges including rape, gross sexual imposition and sexual battery
In the video, you can see rapper Blue Scrilla using a Wichita Fire Department truck hose and throwing dollar bills while sitting inside the truck
Police said Daniel Greene “was positively identified through the video surveillance” and was “the only individual that is observed going into” Jon Hickey’s home
Officials said there was an attempted sexual assault of a 17-year-old male member during summer on company property
Lamont Wright allegedly told police he piled clothing in his bathtub and set fire to it, forcing over 100 residents to evacuate
The probe comes after eight black trainees alleged “retaliatory, demeaning, punishing and racist/sexist behavior”
A firefighter was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries, but no other injuries were reported
Lester Parker and Billy Tucker were sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of setting Parker’s home on fire for insurance money
Prosecutors said Lester Parker solicited his nephew to set the fire to collect insurance money
Police said Kenneth Gray started a fire to distract employees while he walked out of the store with a cart full of stolen Halloween decorations
An ex-boyfriend of Lester Parker’s daughter said Parker set fire to the home in 2015 to collect insurance money
Lester Parker’s daughter, Cheryl Sullivan, testified that she noticed things missing from the house that had been there on Christmas Eve
Patrick Wolterman’s death was the first of a Hamilton firefighter in the line of duty since 1971
Prosecutors say Lester Parker solicited his nephew to set the fire that resulted in the death of firefighter Patrick Wolterman
The iconic tree near the Old Well was damaged Thursday after it was set on fire by a former student. But the Davie Poplar will survive
The change is expected to start next year and could close a sad chapter in Detroit’s history that saw hundreds of structures torched around Halloween
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