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.
Authorities said it is too early to determine if the violations had a part in the Lutsen Lodge fire
Union President John Sibiga said the report shows the Baltimore County Fire Department “lacks sufficient fiscal, physical, and human resources to accomplish its core mission”
CEO Showoutt stated he had permission to film the video inside Raleigh Fire Station 12
As of Sunday, the fire was 75 percent contained
Early estimates are that it will the explosion caused $100 million in damages
Schenectady police said 27-year-old Robert Butler was arraigned on a first-degree arson charge
State fire marshal: ‘We’re trying to find the critical piece’
Since October 2011, six homes have been set on fire in this waterfront community on the city’s west side
19-year-old Cody Knox was arrested on a warrant Friday and charged with setting 14 fires in Reno County fields
Both Chevron and government investigations have determined that corrosion in a pipe caused a leak that sparked the fire, sending a plume of black smoke over nearby areas
City Fire Department officials say the blaze early Friday at the Bethesda Temple Apostolic Church appears suspicious
It took 20 firefighters using six vehicles a half-hour to control the fire, which caused more than $100,000 of damage
Preliminary autopsies showed that the victims died of smoke inhalation
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