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.
Five victims were found inside a burning house in Ferguson.
The explosion killed Sterling Firefighter Trevor Brown and injured 10 others
Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Finseth, 40, was fatally shot as he provided aid to an injured officer
The fire burned 2,000 acres and damaged or destroyed more than 40 structures
The Arizona Department of Public Safety is looking into claims of misconduct and improper investigative techniques
Jeffrey Pace, who was training with the department in December 2012 when the incidents occurred, was ordered to pay $45,317 restitution
They allege the prosecutor cut a deal with a jailhouse informant who’s testimony was key to the death-sentence conviction
He is accused of setting fire to the home he and his former boyfriend had shared after they split up
Police and firefighters rescued residents; witnesses said they saw someone throw something into the building
He set a fire on or in a detached garage; and elderly woman narrowly escaped from the house with her life
The suit charges that the Hind Foundation’s crew caused the 2012 fire by mowing in dry season
The man wasn’t able to put the fire out himself and he left the home when it began to spread
Richard Knellinger was sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty to lying to a grand jury
Authorities say he drove a rental truck to an illegal grow site; heat from the truck’s exhaust set off the 3,000-acre blaze
It is still unclear if there were working smoke alarms or if fireworks stored in the apartment were a factor
No alarm sounded and there have been reports that sounds of fireworks or an explosion preceded the flames
Michelle Johnston, 41, was charged with two counts of second-degree arson and seven counts of third-degree arson
The list was established with the idea that those who set fires are likely to do it again
The video shows him as he lights a cigarette, falls asleep and allows embers to fall into the couch
Ginny Griffith was arrested on a charge of aggravated arson because the other half of the duplex was occupied
The fires were once believed to be the work of a single serial arsonist; the arrested men do not know one another
Forty firefighters went on a defensive attack to protect exposures
District attorney: ‘Were satisfied that we were able to remove an arsonist from the street’
Smoking, lightning, a campfire, railroads and children playing in the area have been ruled out as potential causes
According to police, firefighter McArdle said he had no financial motive; he just didn’t like the house
The votes comes after failing to win a new SAFER grant, brownouts, increasing response times and inaccurate arson reporting
The woman suffered burns on more than half her body and may not live
Prosecutors are seeking a life-without-parole sentence for the fire that killed three and injured 10
Fire Chief David Cox wants arsonists to know they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for burning down homes and buildings
The defense says the state has not shown evidence that he meant to kill anyone in the fire
“When my dad passed away, I had to find the answers. I had to get involved with finding the people responsible.”
The accused was on parole for murdering his adoptive parents when the fire was set; one man has been convicted of the arson
Fire officials determined that the fires were suspicious and turned the investigation over to the Chicago Police Bomb and Arson Unit