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.
An AP investigation shows how a strategy intended to reduce violence and save lives has resulted in avoidable deaths
Dozens of fire departments responded to the Lancaster County fire
The Maui fire report points at equipment, communication and a lack of mutual aid plans
Brian Woehlke, 29, was killed on May 8, 2013 while battling a strip mall fire
Officials say Lyndon Beharry shot his partner and their sons ages 4 and 7 before setting the house on fire and shooting himself
Several firefighters suffered injuries in a recent fire, resulting in burns, smoke inhalation, cuts, bumps and bruises
The former inmate firefighter set the 2014 King Fire to look like a hero; the fire burned nearly 100,000 acres
Julia Beth Ann Harper, 53, admitted her actions caused great bodily injury to Capt. Pete Dern, who spent six months in a burn unit
The extent of the firefighter’s injuries is unknown; the fire is considered suspicious and arson investigators were called to the scene
Nicholas Joyce was charged with second-degree aggravated arson after setting fire to a shed and later returning to help extinguish the blaze
The woman covered herself in gasoline and then flicked a lighter; she was hospitalized with third degree burns
Daniel Dougherty has always maintained he did not start the fire that killed his two young sons in 1985; In 2000 he was sentenced to death
At least five fires were set in the span of about four hours; firefighters suspect they were all intentionally set and are looking into the possibility that they were all set by the same person
Four children and two adults died and one adult was critically burned in the revenge attack
Lawmakers are weighing new arson laws that would distinguish the types of structures burned
The principals house was a complete loss; at least three of the teen students will be charged as adults
Patrick Wolterman was killed in a December arson fire; his death was ruled a homicide
The fire was started in a trash can outside the garage and destroyed the house and three cars; the principal’s family escaped unharmed
The baby had third-degree burns over 60 percent of her body and died two hours after she was flown to a Philadelphia hospital
Benjamin Cunha admitted setting dozens of fires in an attempt to earn overtime pay and impress his peers
A shooter set the house on fire that left five family members dead, including the gunman
Three adults and an infant died in the fire; the house was fully involved when firefighters arrived
The court ruled that much of the evidence in the case was obtained through improperly issued search warrants
Julia Harper was arrested April 23 for allegedly starting a fire that severely burned Fresno Fire Capt. Pete Dern
Latoya Lyerly told police she was “filled with demons” before she set it on fire, killing the owner and two other residents
The 13-page report, that does not include the narrative of the fire scene, sheds little new light on the night Patrick Wolterman died
Investigators found that they were setting the fires and then responding to them when their departments were called
Discarded smoking materials and mulch too close to the building are cited as the likely cause of the 2014 fire at the Flight 93 memorial in Pa.
The 25-year-old homeless man was setting a fire for warmth that ended up causing the massive fire
A Supreme Court decision found it was unconstitutional to impose mandatory prison sentences of life without parole on juveniles
If convicted, Thu Hong Nguyen would face 10 to 30 years in prison — the same sentencing for convictions on second-degree murder
The new charges, causing catastrophe and two counts of second-degree assault, come in part because two firefighters remain injured from the wall collapse
Defense lawyers charge that prosecutors are purposely delaying the retrial of a 1995 arson fire that killed three Pittsburgh firefighters