What Causes Wilfires
An in-depth study shows that an average of 62,805 wildfires started per year between 2011 and 2020, which destroyed 7.5 million acres annually. Further research reveals that since the 1980s, there has been a rise in the amount of land ravaged by wildfires. Climate change is a leading factor in increasing the extent and risk […]
How Investigators Find the Origin of a Fire
There are many tools and observations that forensic fire investigators use to determine the origin and cause of a fire. Before the early 1980’s, theories rather than scientific methods were used to determine the cause. This was mostly due to a lack of technology that we now have which can help narrow down specific details. […]