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.
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 fires were obviously set in an attempt to prevent the residents from escaping,”
Firefighters worked overnight to extinguish the fire; no one was injured in the blaze
Mayor Carolyn Goodman claimed the issue was “very clearly addressed” months ago when former Capt. Richard Loughry allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old
Gregory Howard’s wife is traveling to Memphis to get answers after her husband was shot outside of a nightclub
Rose Meier tried to set her neighbor’s house on fire three times; she is charged with arson, causing a catastrophe and criminal mischief
Miami Beach Fire Rescue Station 4 and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Station 7 were targeted
Police became aware of Daniel Czupryn’s actions after the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force tipped them off
Officials identified the two boys only by their initials, 2-year-old CR and infant brother RR
Chief Gregory Gagnon was ordered to a Vermont mental health facility and must turn himself over to police following his release
Kuala Lumpur police chief Amar Singh said it is believed that two cooking gas tanks were brought up to the top floor and used to start the fire
Firefighter Dana Barrow ran over an unconscious Jeffny Pally, who had fallen in front of the fire station garage bay
Video shows the suspects dressed head to toe in black, casually walking through an apartment building
Timmy, 11, was a founding member of Pattenburg Volunteer Fire Company’s K-9 unit and served since 2009
Officials said a woman accused Chief Larry McConnell of raping her at his farm and the fire station since March 2016
Lane County Fire Defense Board Chief Chad Minter said thousands of dollars in equipment was stolen from two rigs
Investigators found child pornography on Richard Chew’s computer and storage devices after obtaining a search warrant for his home
Witnesses reported seeing a teenager throw a firework into Eagle Creek Canyon while his friends laughed and filmed
Yvetteau Devilme, 50, also faces charges of violating an abuse prevention order, malicious destruction of property over $250 and arson of a dwelling house.
Charles Mayeux Jr. was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his second wife, Shelly Mayeux
Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, broke through a two-layer security perimeter during the Man Burn event in which a giant, wooden effigy is set ablaze
Durham Alexander DeLaura, 35, was reported missing in Lake Murray on Friday evening after his boat drifted to shore with his 4-year-old daughter alone
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”
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