Seven Myths About Arson

Fire investigators have long used certain rules of thumb to identify arson. Many have been proved incorrect.

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1 Crazing of windows, in which hundreds of cracks appear in the glass, indicates rapid heating and means an accelerant was used to start the fire.

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