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
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”
Jarrod Samra is suspected of being responsible for eight wildfires over the last two months
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Friday that a gun fired on public lands caused the wildfire that burned 127 square miles
Firefighter Idris Debruhl claimed the department did nothing when he complained about the license plate
Michael Chambers disappeared from his home and has been missing for five months
Rachele Jarrett was asleep on a porch when Carl T. Magee III poured gasoline on her and set her on fire
Tyler Carender, 20, is charged with causing more than a half-million dollars in damage to a church and middle school
“Never before in Summit County history has one man been charged for the murders of nine people,” said Chief Prosecutor Margaret Scot
Two radios, two firefighting helmets and an Apple iPhone were stolen from fire trucks while they were parked outside of a hotel
A family called 911 after feeling overcome by something, and the responders experienced the same symptoms
Authorities said the fire started when a man set a pile of weeds on fire and it raged out of control near a cabin in the ski town of Brian Head
Investigators found that about 340 feet of electrified rail was pulled up from the ground in the fatal 2015 crash
Matthew Jurado was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the blaze at Kenneth Walker’s home last year
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