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Although ignitable liquids are the most common fire accelerants, other chemicals such as propane or natural gas could also be used to accelerate a fire. Detecting the use of a fire accelerant at a crime scene can be the difference between classifying a fire as accidental or as an arson. Once a case is determined to be an arson, the detection of ...
The mere act of extinguishing a fire can destroy potential evidence of arson or what is also known as an "incendiary fire." Firefighters are educated that the stream of their fire hose or the use of a pike pole can destroy evidence and efforts are made to do what is required to extinguish the fire, while not destroying clues to the fires ...
The Fire Research Laboratory does the following: Conducts scientific research that validates fire scene indicators and improves fire scene reconstruction and fire evidence analysis; Supports fire and arson investigations and the resolution of fire related crimes;
The suspected arsonist accused of setting a 34,000-acre wildfire east of Los Angeles may have started other fires, authorities say. Justin Wayne Halstenberg was charged Tuesday following a San ...
Kauai Fire Department investigators suspect arson as the cause of two recent brush fires, including last week’s Kokee blaze on Pokii Ridge, which burned an estimated 1, 600 acres and triggered ...
Investigators determined it was arson, and Marq Vincent Perez, a Victoria resident who was 24 at the time, was charged with setting the blaze, which federal authorities deemed a hate crime.
After the fire, the police investigation determined that the fire had been started using some form of a liquid accelerant. This evidence included a finding of char patterns in the floor in the shape of "puddles," a finding of multiple starting points of the fire, and a finding that the fire had burned "fast and hot," all considered to indicate a fire that had been ignited with the help of a ...
Oct. 26—A Hudson woman faces arson charges after allegedly setting fire to a vehicle early Thursday morning, according to police. Michaela Bell, 26, was arrested at the scene after firefighters ...