It was supposed to be a good-news story out of the damaged Amazon rainforest: a project that replanted hundreds of thousands of trees in an illegally deforested nature reserve in Brazil.

A 23-year-old woman reportedly set her boyfriend's home on fire out of jealousy when a female relative answered the man's mobile phone via Facetime.

A man in Utah was arrested on Monday after he started a 60-acre forest fire when he attempted to kill a spider with a lighter and accidentally lit a bush.

A volunteer firefighter in Tennessee was arrested on Friday after he set multiple fires to a string of different buildings in the community, including a church and a Masonic Lodge.

The wife of a former pitcher for the New York Yankees is being sued on Friday for reportedly starting a fire in her apartment as a way of getting attention to be on the "Real Housewives of New York".

Steven Benton Aubrey, a lawyer from Florida, was arrested on Wednesday for the death of rival Dallas lawyer Ira Tobolowsky, who had represented his mother in a bitter estate battle he filed.

San Jose Police Department arrested a 27-year-old man responsible for the massive fire at a San Jose Home Depot on April 9.

A 15-year-old boy has been accused of both murder and arson on Sunday after he allegedly set fire to his house in order to kill his 10-year-old sister.

Mieke Oort, an American student currently studying at the Netherlands, was killed by her 27-year-old stalker that she met on Tinder during a house fire that he caused.

A former Springfield personal training gym owner could face a life sentence after a jury convicted him of committing a crime of passion sparked by a heated property line dispute that led to the murder of his elderly neighbor in September 2020.

A former cop and firefighter serving southern West Virginia may be hit with a life sentence after he was indicted on several offenses, including using a dead paramedic’s name to groom a 16-year-old underage girl while at a memorial service last year.

The hope of a brand new start for a Planned Parenthood clinic in Tennessee has been shattered by a devastating New Year's Eve fire that resulted in a "total loss," sparking an arson inquiry, fire officials said. 

Ten firefighters from Illinois resigned from their post on Monday following the appointment of convicted arsonist Jerame Simmons to the position of acting fire chief.

The giant Christmas tree recently set up outside the Fox News building in Manhattan was set on fire by homeless 49-year-old man Craig Tamanaha, in what is being seen as an arson case.

Cheryl Walker is asking for help from authorities and other individuals in finding her missing daughter Lateche Norris, who went to San Diego to visit her boyfriend Joey Smith.

Michael Williams, an associate of R. Kelly, has been convicted of witness intimidation on Wednesday after he went to Florida to set a potential witness's car on fire.

Cops arrested a 25-year-old Florida man who allegedly set fire to two homes and a statue of Jesus Christ.

A woman suspected to have set a fire outside a Jewish school in Brooklyn has been arrested.

Ryan Faircloth has been arrested after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail into the Texan Democratic Party office.

A firebug and arsonist has been arrested on Thursday after admitting to setting a residential building on fire with a torch lighter.

Viola Liu, a 43-year-old woman, has been arrested on Wednesday for starting a wildfire in the Echo Summit of the Sierra Nevada mountain ranges of California.

Firebug Alex Blodgett has been arrested on Tuesday after starting a series of fires culminating in him attempting to burn down a Manhattan restaurant.

A firebug professor has reportedly been arrested for going on an arson spree near California's massive Dixie wildfire.

A federal judge slapped an East Bay man with an 18-year jail term after setting the homes and workplaces of his "enemies" on fire by throwing Molotov cocktails with the help of two other men, the U.S. Justice Department bared on Tuesday.

Police have arrested a west El Paso, Texas man on Friday after he allegedly set his own family home alight, killing his brother and severely injuring his 82-year-old mother.

A father has been nabbed by police after he allegedly deliberately set his family home alight in New Jersey, ultimately killing his infant daughter and her grandparents, Mercer County officials confirmed on Monday. 

A 61-year-old man has been sentenced for voluntary manslaughter and arson endangering persons, after horrifically killing two men, concealing their bodies in the basement owned by one of the victims, and setting fire to the home in an act of arson.

An Ocala, Florida man was apprehended by police after he allegedly murdered and decapitated his vulnerable grandmother, leaving behind an appalling crime scene in their home on March 26.

A father-son duo that has been accused of sparking a deadly fire at a nursing home that killed two people has been indicted for arson and manslaughter.

An arsonist granddaughter in Jefferson County, Wisconsin is facing a possible life sentence after she mercilessly smothered her ailing grandmother by wrapping flower-colored duct tape to her nose and mouth and later set the corpse on fire to end her misery last week.