An alleged arson crew calling themselves the Veterans Order stands accused of setting fires in four Walmart stores and attempting to coerce the retail giant with a threatening manifesto. The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama…
The second person to have died in a suspected arson attack at an apartment block has been formally identified. The bodies of the two victims of the fire at Rowe Court in Reading on 15 December were recovered from the building…
The fire that destroyed a Planned Parenthood building in Tennessee on New Year's Eve was intentionally set in an act of arson, officials have said. A fire broke out after 6.30 am on 31 December at the North Cherry Street Knoxville Planned Parenthood, completely destroying the building.…
A devastating fire which swept through South Africa's parliament in Cape Town reignited just hours after it was said to be under control. Flames were seen billowing from the building's roof on Monday, as firefighters tried to douse the blaze.…
Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a fire swept through a mental health clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka, the local fire department said. The blaze is being treated as suspected arson, the Kyodo news agency said, quoting police…
A murder and arson investigation is underway in Reading after a major fire broke out at a block of flats. One person has died, and it is believed a number of others are unaccounted for following the blaze near Grovelands…
More than 10 fire engines and other specialist appliances were called to the fire at James House in Newtown Drive in Birmingham around 5.40pm after being alerted to the fire by a resident. The fire was started in a staircase…
Prosecutors say Gary Stephen Maynard set four fires this summer as one of the largest wildfires in California history raged nearby. A former university professor has been indicted on charges that he set four wildfires in national forests while on…
Tiernan Darnton confessed to friends during truth-or-dare game and later to counsellor, jury heard A student has been convicted of murdering his 94-year-old step-grandmother three years after an inquest ruled she was the victim of an accidental house fire. Mary…
Three people have been charged with arson over two fires, including one that destroyed 48 trailers at the headquarters of domestic appliance manufacturer Whirlpool. Explosions were heard across Peterborough as fire engulfed the lorry trailers on 29 August 2019. Damage…