Intentional Fires On The Decline

March 5, 2007 Louisiana - When there is a spike in the annual number of arsons, fire investigators look for signs of a serial arsonist. That's what Baton Rouge Fire Department investigators did recently when statistics showed arsons increasing in the city about 22 percent last year compared with 2005. But fire investigators didn't find any indication there was a serial arsonist on the loose. In fact, they didn't find a trend at all, said Fire Department spokesman Robert Combs. He said fire investigators ...