BURNED: "20/20" INVESTIGATES THREE ALLEGED ARSON CASES WITH THE HELP OF THE ...

The only thing possibly worse than losing loved ones in a fire would be if you were falsely accused of setting the blaze. Yet, that is what some experts say happens around the country when the wrong fire investigator determines arson based on outdated techniques.

Fire Expert: How I Nearly an Sent an Innocent Man to the Electric Chair
John Lentini, one of the nation's leading arson experts, had a life-changing experience in arson fire investigations.

Top Five Arson Fire Myths

Arsonists to be on national list

Arsonists will soon be listed on a nationwide database as part of a fresh fight against deliberately lit fires.

Police: Owner torched restaurant

Investigators say that after personal and business debts became insurmountable, the accused torched the restaurant he operated for the last quarter of a century.

Car Fire Training

"About twenty-five cents of every dollar you pay for insurance on your car and on your house goes into the pocket of an arsonist and if we can teach the police officers and the fire fighters to recognize and then prosecute it, its going to go a really long way."

USFA Announces Arson Awareness Week Theme for 2010
The United States Fire Administration (USFA) announces the theme for the 2010 Arson Awareness Week (AAW): Community Arson Prevention.

Phoenix Fire Department targets young arsonists

Phoenix firefighters said that an education program for juveniles called "Firesetters" is thriving and that arson investigators solve more cases than ever.

Student artwork combats arson

The Rochester Fire Department kicked off the recent Arson Awareness Week by unveiling a billboard created and designed by Thailia Davila, a seventh-grader.

Beckerman Sentenced to 10 Years in Jail

On his 79th birthday, arsonist William Beckerman was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $40,000 in fines for torching his West Hartford home 15 months ago.

Lukjan Arson Trial – follow from arraignment to trial of this insurance fraud-arson case in Kentucky.

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Minneapolis woman receives three-year sentence in mortgage fraud case

The prosecution grew out of an arson investigation at a Brooklyn Center house in 2007. The property was one of six in foreclosure and one of seven that had been purchased in a short time.

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The accused was a firefighter trainee at the time of the fire, and it was he who called in the report of the fire to Central Dispatch 911.

Vehicle fires involving buses and school buses

www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/OS.Buses.pdf (109.3kb)

Computer and computer peripheral fires with a discussion of batteries

www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/OSComputer.pdf (91.7kb)