A 28-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested on aggravated arson and other charges in connection with the devastating seven-alarm fire in Somerset County that consumed at least five buildings, prompted a major evacuation and shut down an NJ Transit station over the weekend. Juan Padilla, of Bound Brook, also faces a charge of hindering an investigation/providing false information...

Mother, child escape home after two men are seen torching the structure in a fire that police say could have had “catastrophic” results.

A homeless man accused of setting fires at a Jewish university dormitory was arrested again just hours after his arraignment. New York City police say they picked up 33-year-old Peter Weyand around 11:30 p.m. Saturday for trespassing after he busted a fence and broke into a Staten Island backyard. Weyand, who was out on supervised release in the arson case,…

A man broke into a dormitory at a Jewish university and set fires, using matches intended for lighting a Hanukkah menorah, the fire commissioner said. No one was injured by the fires early Friday at a Yeshiva University dorm in Manhattan. Fire department officials said there was no indication the episode was a hate crime. Suspect Peter Weyand, 33, was…

A 31-year-old arson suspect has been arrested after he allegedly set five fires at two New York City Housing Authority buildings in Brooklyn over a span of 6 months, the FDNY announced Wednesday.

A 21-year-old New Jersey man was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated arson in the fatal fire he caused at his father’s home earlier in the week, prosecutors announced Friday.

A masked suspect and an accomplice tossed a Molotov cocktail at an apartment door and it caught on video, police said.

A masked suspect and his accomplice tossed a Molotov cocktail at an apartment door and it was all caught on video, police say. Tracie Strahan reports.

A New Jersey man allegedly set fire to his ex-girlfriend’s home while eight people slept inside and then texted a photo of the burning home to a friend.

A firefighter was arrested for starting five fires on Long Island, including one sparked by a Molotov cocktail, authorities said.

Police SayA firefighter was arrested for starting five fires on Long Island, including one sparked by a Molotov cocktail, authorities said. Wale Aliyu reports.

A Long Island police officer is under arrest, accused of setting a house on fire; he also happens to be a volunteer firefighter. Greg Cergol reports.

A Suffolk County police officer was indicted on an arson charge Thursday.

Police have identified a person of interest in connection with a fire that destroyed a vacant, one-story house in New Jersey.

Police have identified a person of interest in connection with a fire that destroyed a vacant, one-story house in New York.

A man suspected of setting fires near the Anaheim Hills Festival shopping center Friday was detained after a brave Ventura resident escaping one of Southern California’s wildfires sprung into action to stop him.

Officials are investigating arson as a possible cause that sparked a fire on Long Island, authorities say.

Authorities are looking for a man after firefighters in New Jersey put out fires that were caused by arson on Saturday.

Investigators in New Jersey are looking for a man who they say may have set a building on fire.

Authorities scrambling to stamp out dozens of wildfires that have scorched more than 80,000 acres across the Southeast have a stern warning for apparent arsonists, NBC News reports. At least seven people have been arrested in hard-hit Tennessee on suspicion of starting forest fires in the past 20 days, officials said. At least two other incidents in Alabama are being...