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Authorities have arrested a New Jersey man who allegedly set multiple fires inside a New York City restaurant last summer. The FDNY on Sunday identified 54-year-old Asif Raja as the suspect seen on surveillance video at 30-27 Steinway Street on Aug. 4, 2020. Footage shows Raja entering the Queens restaurant and pouring flammable liquid all over the tables inside before…

A fire marshal K9 found an accelerant at the scene of the house fire, two senior law enforcement officials with direct knowledge of the investigation said. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

A Bronx man accused of setting an apartment building on fire earlier this year, which left three people seriously injured, has been charged with arson and indicted on several other charges. The Bronx district attorney’s office on Thursday said 48-year-old Albert Blease intentionally set gasoline cans on fire in his own apartment at 215 West 242nd St. in the Riverdale…

A 29-year-old man was arrested and charged with setting a marked NYPD vehicle on fire late last month, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday. Sam Resto, of Queens, was arrested Thursday and charged with arson. He appeared in court Friday afternoon, where he was ordered held. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. Attorney information for…

Firefighters in Denver say five people have been found dead in a house fire that authorities suspect was intentionally set

The Apple Fire continued to grow on Monday morning with officials confirming over 26,000 acres have been burned in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

The Apple Fire continued to grow on Monday morning with officials confirming over 26,000 acres have been burned in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Boston police are investigating after a statue of the Virgin Mary was apparently set on fire outside of a church in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood. Police responded to a reported fire outside of St. Peter Parish on Bowdoin Street around 10 p.m. Saturday, where they found the burned statue. Fire investigators say it appears someone set fire to plastic...

Yevgeniy Kotlyarov, 38, has been arrested for arson after he allegedly set two separate fires in a 24-story apartment building in Brooklyn on June 11 and June 15.

A Philadelphia woman has been charged by federal authorities with setting fire to two police cars during protests over the death of George Floyd.

Japanese police have arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he regained enough strength from his own severe burns to respond to the police investigation.

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.