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.
Officials found no preliminary evidence of a “terrorist” attack related to an SUV that crashed through a fence and hit a valve at the Deer Park station
Public safety departments and agencies did not develop plans such as having extra staff on duty, staging apparatus or supplies in high-risk areas, or possible evacuations.
The Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshals, along with Norristown fire and police departments, investigated the fire that destroyed the nearly 100-year-old outdoor venue
Shanksville Chief Terry Shaffer reflects on how his family is inextricably linked to the tragedy – and how they continue to honor the victims and the community
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Investigators said the deaths inside the Irondequoit house fire were homicides
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue has placed three employees on leave amid an investigation into the death of an instructor’s son during an unsanctioned training event
Philadelphia firefighters faced two blazes that killed three people and injured three others
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Authorities are investigating a propane leak as the cause of a fatal house explosion in Jefferson Township
The Los Angeles County Fire Department released a summary of the front-loader fire and explosion that killed Firefighter Andrew Pontious
The Park Fire, the fourth-largest wildfire in the state’s history, has burned over 670 square miles
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
Chicago Firefighter Jermaine Pelt was trapped in a collapse while fighting a fire in an abandoned building
French officials said the high-speed railway vandalism has paralyzed travel to Paris
The Park Fire has burned over 195 square miles and caused evacuations in Butte and Tehama counties
Nine people were injured in a fire in a Brooklyn apartment building after a suspect poured a flammable liquid inside the hallway
Texas A&M Forest Service said the firefighter is held on a $300,000 bond for setting multiple brush fires
Two Corinth firefighters were some of the first firefighters on the scene of the Shiloh Full Gospel Church fire
15 people died in the Elliott Chambers rooming house fire in Beverly in 1984
Firefighters searched twice for the missing man during the fire after being told he was inside
Nassau County police stated the 11-year-old child was told to light the fireworks which later set a shed and two houses on fire
A woman crashed her vehicle into a propane tank in the South Hill plant, causing an explosion and fire
The New Jersey Forest Service says the wildfire in the Wharton State Forest is 65% contained
Five members of a Senegalese family were killed when their home was set ablaze
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