Health and Environment
Arson Investigation Techniques Catching Up with Science
Jenna ODonnell |
Across the country, fire investigation has come a long way, but some investigators think it still has farther to go.
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Across the country, fire investigation has come a long way, but some investigators think it still has farther to go.
Since 2002, the city has cut the number of fire marshals by about half, though fire investigators have seen a 17 percent increase in cases sent to their desks.
The decline in arson in the city was as dramatic as—but less heralded than—the fall in murders and other crimes, perhaps because arson is a tougher crime to track.