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A person who commits arson is referred to as an arsonist, or a serial arsonist if the person has committed arson several times. Arsonists normally use an accelerant (such as gasoline or kerosene ) to ignite, propel, and direct fires, and the detection and identification of ignitable liquid residues is an important part of fire investigations. [ 6 ]
In committing arson, a group of attackers would set fire to the home of an opponent, sometimes by quickly and surreptitiously piling wood, brush and other combustible materials against the exterior of a dwelling and set it on fire. Typically the attackers would surround the house to prevent the escape of its inhabitants, although women, the ...
In Arson investigation, the significance of accelerant is to detect the presence of a such substance in order to proved that the fire is classified as an arson. [2] A fire is a self-sustaining, exothermic oxidation reaction that emits heat and light. When a fire is accelerated, it can produce more heat, consume the reactants more quickly, burn ...
Arson is a relatively small but steady source of fire damage in California. Since 2020, approximately 70,000 acres of the state were burned by fires attributed to arson, ...
Cal Fire engineer Robert Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of committing arson on forest land in the areas surrounding Geyserville, Healdsburg and Windsor.
Arson investigators have yet to present a case to Ventura County prosecutors. Residents similarly detained a man suspected of starting a brush fire Monday afternoon near the Chatsworth Reservoir ...
Firefighter arson is a persistent phenomenon involving a very small minority of firefighters who are also active arsonists. [1] Fire-fighting organizations are aware of this problem. Some of the offenders seem to be motivated by boredom, or by the prospect of receiving attention for responding to the fires they have set.
A Cal Fire firefighting engineer accused of sparking at least five fires in Northern California forest lands was arrested Friday by investigators.