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.
Ill. OSHA report highlights accountability, communication among several errors in the death of a relatively new firefighter
Four pieces of construction equipment were burned at a site near the planned training center
Baltimore County Fire Department cited for 11 “serious” violations in an investigation of a mayday during a three-alarm commercial structure fire
The company’s own risk plan said its materials were not a fire or explosion hazard
Plant owner said he will never forget the self sacrifice of first responders
Zaccary John Kern and Robert Eric Bottenhagen, both 21 and from Billings, were arrested Thursday night without incident
150 buildings cleared by searches after massive blast demolishes neighborhood
One resident said in the small community everyone knows who the volunteer responders are
The images were captured by surveillance cameras at a department store
The jailhouse informant’s testimony was contradictory and deeply troubling
It does not appear the homeless man knew his victim
The firefighters sustained minor injuries on a fire that rekindled
The murder, suicide victims are believed to be a fired maintenance worker and a woman he had had a relationship with
She apparently set the fire after a fight with her mother, then fled the apartment
The 21-year-old firefighter and the others called themselves the ‘Black Flag Family Gang’
Nearly 50 firefighters were on scene to bring the fire under control
She was indicted by a grand jury for falsifying records and faces similar federal charges
Smith, a former volunteer fire captain, confessed to setting the most recent of the 77 fires
The couple are accused of setting the fire in order to rescue the children as part of a custody battle
Two firefighters were charged with tampering with evidence for trying to show that the nightclub passed safety inspections
The pair are suspected of setting the majority of the more than 70 arson fires
Police are investigating two for negligence, others believe the fire was intentionally set as part of recent sectarian violence
A 40-year-old woman is being held without bond; it is unclear if she is connected to more than one of the fires
Modern fire science raises doubt as to if the fire was intentionally set
A two-story abandoned structure was set on fire Sunday night
He tried to arrange the hit despite signs warning that jail telephone conversations were recorded
There have been more than 70 deliberately set fire since November
He took gasoline from the firehouse and lit a vacant structure so he could fight the fire
He faces 4 arson charges and 5 other charges including falsely reporting a car had gone over a cliff
Arson investigators were able to determine where the fire started and rule out foul play
Fire chief among the 16 people police says are responsible for the deaths
In what was originally dispatched as a brush fire turned out to be a burning body
The former Marine who said he set the fire to avenge the deaths of Americans is stuck with his guilty plea