Category: arson

11 Killed in Suspected Arson Attack on Northern Mexican Bar

MEXICO CITY—Eleven people were killed in a suspected arson attack on a bar in the northern Mexican border city of San Luis Rio Colorado after an expelled patron set it ablaze with a Molotov cocktail, authorities in the state of Sonora said on Saturday. Sonora state prosecutors said preliminary findings showed the suspect was young,…


Texas Officials Name Suspect Arrested and Charged in Arson That Killed 5 in San Marcos in 2018

SAN MARCOS, Texas—Officials in San Marcos, Texas, have named the man charged with intentionally starting a fire five years ago which killed five people and displaced 200 others. Jacobe De Leon O Shea Ferguson, of Austin, was arrested early Wednesday, Jonathan Henderson, Fire Marshal for the San Marcos Fire Department announced in a news conference…


All 2023 Vancouver Island Wildfires Were Human-Caused: BC Fire Centre

A fire centre responsible for coordinating wildfire suppression across south coastal British Columbia says there has been a higher than average number of wildfires on Vancouver Island, and all so far have been started by people. “On the Island, we haven’t had any natural caused fires, all 46 have been human-caused,” said Jade Richardson, fire…


IN-DEPTH: Wildfires Exacerbated by Poor Forest Management, Not Climate Change, Professors Say

While there have been suggestions that wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, environmental and economic professors interviewed by The Epoch Times say the number of fires has been decreasing for decades, and that the cause of the fires in many cases can be attributed to poor forest management. “The prime…


IN-DEPTH: Wildfires Exacerbated by Poor Forest Management, Professors Say

While there have been suggestions that wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, environmental and economic professors interviewed by The Epoch Times say the number of fires has been decreasing for decades, and that the cause of the fires in many cases can be attributed to poor forest management. “The prime…


Two Men Charged After Catholic Church in Northern Alberta Gutted by Arson

Two men have been charged after a Catholic Church was gutted by fire in northern Alberta. On May 22, the RCMP was called to help with a fire in St. Bernard Catholic Church in Grouard, which is about 360 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. The church was built in 1902 and is a provincial historic site….


New Zealand Police Say Hostel Fire That Killed 6 Was Arson, Launch Homicide Investigation

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand police said Wednesday they believe a fire that killed at least six people in a Wellington hostel was arson and launched a homicide investigation. Police Inspector Dion Bennett said they haven’t yet arrested anybody but they have a list of people they want to speak to and hope to quickly identify…


West Virginia Man Accused of Arson, Murder in Wildfire Death

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va.—A West Virginia man has been charged with murder after a forestry worker was killed trying to extinguish a fire the man is accused of setting. The fire was reported on Tuesday night in the Tucker Hollow area of Fayette County. Overnight, the fire grew to consume several hundred acres. On Thursday, forester Cody…


Suspect Sought in Truck Arson, Possible Shooting in San Diego

KEARNY MESA, Calif.—Police were searching for a suspected arsonist April 16 who was wanted in a truck fire and possible shot fired in a Kearny Mesa business parking lot. At 10:30 a.m. Sunday, police and fire officials received a report about a truck arson and possible shots fired in front of a store in the…


Man Charged With Firebombing Wisconsin Pro-Life Office

The Department of Justice has arrested and charged a Wisconsin man they believe was behind a firebombing that targeted a pro-life organization in Madison, Wisconsin in May of 2022. On Monday, the DOJ announced they had charged 29-year-old Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury with one count of “attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an…