A Missouri man who authorities said schemed with his ex-wife to defraud hundreds of thousands of dollars from insurers with house fires pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in a 2001 blaze that killed the couple’s 15-year-old son. Steven Kemper, …
Severe thunderstorms that dumped heavy rains and large hail on parts of Indiana also produced lightning blamed for house fires and damage to a plane at Indianapolis’ main airport. The National Weather Service reports widespread reports of large hail, including …
While the winter months always bring a spike in home fires, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) says home fire deaths reported on by the news media are above those reported at this time last year. According to media reports, home …
Authorities in Union County, Tenn., are searching for whoever set a series of six fires at homes and barns over the last six days in the county. Gordon Sartain, chief of the Northeast Union Volunteer Fire Department, told WBIR-TV that …
Police arrested a 38-year-old man suspected of setting fire Tuesday morning to a trash bin in Everett, Wash. Police don’t believe the arson is related to three house fires in the city since Sunday. No one has been injured but …
Authorities say a volunteer firefighter in south Georgia has been arrested in connection with four house fires spanning three months. Insurance and Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens says 43-year-old Johnny Ray Frisky was arrested Friday morning and charged with four counts …
Though the risk of a fire as a result of a defective appliance has decreased in recent years, appliances should still be examined as a potential ignition source, says a forensic expert. In an interview with Claims Journal, John Mulcahy, …