Fire is a fact of life in Southern California ... firebug — John Orr — was someone entrusted to protect the public against fire. By some estimates, this one-time chief arson investigator ...

A 42-year-old man who is accused of starting the expansive Park Fire in Northern California has made his ... Among the charges Stout faces is arson of an inhabited structure or property, according ...

(Edvard Pettersson/Courthouse News) LOS ANGELES (CN) — A recidivist arsonist was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison on Monday for setting fire to a Southern California church that houses a ...

He was convicted of two counts of arson to forest land, according to court records. The wildfire sparked Aug. 6 northwest of Slate Mountain and eventually burned 1,960 acres, according to Cal Fire.

A video shared by authorities appears to show a man set himself on fire while burning a car in a southwestern California ...

Southern California authorities were searching Thursday for an arsonist who set himself on fire while trying to blow up a car. The man was caught on doorbell camera footage torching a black sedan, ...