2 facing arson charges after Miami Co. house fire Two people are facing arson charges in connection to a house fire in MIami County last September. On Sept. 6, deputies and the Bethel Township Fire Department were called to the 5000 block of Ross Road for reports of a house fire. The house was a […]
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Family copes with loss of man killed in Fort Worth apartment arson
Dwight Durham is being remembered by his loved ones as an outgoing person with an upbeat attitude who never allowed life to get him down. He was always positive, trying to look at the bright side of things, Deshanna Dukes said. Shortly before his death in a Fort Worth fire that authorities say was intentionally […]
Fence placed around MLK birth home after attempted arson
A chain-link fence now surrounds the birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in northeast Atlanta. “We heard it was shut down. And when we got here, we saw the fence. So it was an injustice for us,” visitor Charles Stewart told Channel 2′s Audrey Washington. “We’re disappointed,” he added. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News […]
Little Egg Harbor man charged with three counts of arson at his next door neighbor’s
LITTLE EGG HARBOR — A man was charged with arson Friday after police saw him try to light on fire the deck of an abandoned house next door to his property, officials said. He was also charged with arson for two other fires that occurred earlier this month. Steven Johnson, 36, was charged with three […]
Woman suspected of arson in East County
EL CAJON, Calif. — A suspect is wanted after a fire broke out Thursday at an apartment complex in the unincorporated area of El Cajon, authorities said. Mavis Williams, 42, was identified as the suspect, Detective Dan Wilson with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Bomb/Arson Unit said in a news release Friday. Around 9:30 p.m., […]
Bangladesh poll booths burn on election eve as train arson kills four
Polling booths were set ablaze in Bangladesh on the eve of Sunday’s general elections, while four people, two children among them, were killed in a train fire that the government decried as arson targeting democratic values. Friday’s fire broke out at about 9pm (3pm Irish time), injuring eight passengers as it spread to four compartments […]
Comer man faces arson charge in fire-bombing of Madison County store
Madison County sheriff’s investigators charged a man Tuesday with arson alleging he he tossed a “Molotov cocktail” at a rural store near Comer earlier this month. The fire occurred Dec. 17 at the store at Paoli Junction off Georgia Highway 98, where deputies and volunteer firefighters arrived in response to a fire alarm that went […]
Georgia safety fire commissioner offers reward for information about Jesup arson investigation
Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King’s office is offering a reward for information that would help in an arson investigation underway in Jesup. According to the commissioner’s office, a residential fire on Cherry Street is under investigation as an arson. The home, which had been vacant for years according to the commissioner, […]
‘Pray for us.’ Elderly Tri-City couple grateful, but struggling after losing home to arson
Two water-damaged New American Bibles sat this week near the Christmas tree and a warm hearth in Lillian and Ernesto Parra’s temporary home in Pasco. The Bibles that have been in the family for nearly 40 years are among the few possessions the elderly couple managed to salvage after an arsonist torched their house in […]