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Arson is to blame for a series of recent brush fires in Lynn, Massachusetts, investigators say. The Massachusetts Fire Marshal’s Office said Wednesday that at least eight fires across about 400 acres had been intentionally set in the last several days. Crews first started fighting fires in the Lynn Woods Friday, continuing to battle the flames Saturday. On Monday, authorities…

Officials in Kingston, Massachusetts are investigating an arson and a reward is available for information that leads to the person who set it. The fire happened around 9:18 p.m. Saturday outside a building on Main Street. Neighbors and the fire department were able to quickly put it out. Kingston Fire, Kingston Police, and the state fire marshal believe the fire…

The man allegedly seen on video in a ski mask lighting a Molotov cocktail and throwing it at the front door of a New Jersey synagogue has been arrested, the FBI and spokesperson for the temple said.

Marblehead Fire are looking for the public’s help to identify a man in connection to a suspicious fire at a building under construction on Monday. The person was seen in footage at the time of the fire near the scene. The fire was initially reported at 265 Pleasant St. at around 1:00 am on Oct. 24 and was quickly extinguished….

The man allegedly started the fire after the restaurant messed up his order of chicken biryani.

New video from the FDNY shows the moments a man allegedly torched a Queens restaurant after his order — chicken biryani, specifically — came out wrong, authorities say.

Video shows a new SUV going up in flames in South Boston, and authorities consider the incident suspicious.

A man has been indicted in connection with a fire that destroyed the Wind Tiki restaurant in March, a popular spot for Chinese food in Webster, Massachusetts. Joel Batista-Viera, 42, of Webster, was indicted on 14 charges by a Worcester County Grand Jury on Friday. The charges include arson, breaking and entering and vandalism, according to the Worcester County District…

A man has been charged in an arson fire at a Manchester, New Hampshire, apartment building earlier this month, police said Tuesday. Anthony Cote, 37, a Manchester resident, was arrested Friday, July 15, accused of starting a fire at his three-story apartment building on Hevey Street five days earlier. Several people were hurt and a dog was killed in the…

The man arrested on suspicion of setting fire to the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, late Friday, in what he allegedly described as a “hate crime,” was arraigned Monday. Daniel Damien Lucey, a 42-year-old from Chelsea, appeared in Salem District Court to answer to charges of charges of arson, a civil rights violation and destruction of a place of worship….

A fire was set at the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, late Friday night, and a man from Chelsea was arrested

A massive fire in Morrow, Georgia that investigators believe was set intentionally destroyed three historic homes.

A man has been arrested in connection with a fire that destroyed the Wind Tiki restaurant earlier this month, a popular spot for Chinese food in Webster, Massachusetts. Joel Batista-Viera, 42, of Webster, was arraigned Tuesday morning in Dudley District Court on several charges related to a string of break-ins at businesses in the area. The fire at Wind Tiki…

The former Museum of Modern Art member accused of stabbing two employees when he was denied entry into the iconic New York City facility was arrested in Philadelphia overnight after police said he set fire to a Center City hotel room hours earlier.

A Quincy, Mass. man has been indicted on charges accusing him of obstructing an investigation into fires set at Jewish-affiliated institutions in Arlington, Needham and Chelsea, Mass. in 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.

Franklin locals gathered at Franklin Common with candles and wearing purple to honor Shirley Owen and raise domestic violence awareness.

A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sunday night in honor of a woman allegedly killed by her ex-husband in her Franklin, Massachusetts home. The brutal attack that killed Shirley Owen, the mother of two children, was outlined in a southeastern Massachusetts court on Friday. Prosecutors say she was beaten to death by her former husband before he set fire to…

A brutal attack was outlined in a southeastern Massachusetts court on Friday: A woman allegedly beaten to death by her ex-husband before he set fire to her house a week before Christmas Eve. When officers arrived, having been called by the victim’s mother, Brendon Owen tried to escape, but they took him into custody, authorities said. They’d dealt with...

A man is accused of killing his ex-wife, with whom he has two children, after tying up her mother, then torching their home in Franklin.

A woman was found dead of blunt-force trauma at a home that was on fire in Franklin, Massachusetts, Friday morning, and her ex-husband was arrested at the scene, officials said. The woman had a restraining order out against her ex, whom Franklin police officers took into custody at the home on Grace Lane with the use of a Taser as…