All news on the topic: Arson

Panicked tourists in wildfire-ravaged Rhodes were forced to flee their burning hotel "like a warzone" after being left to “fend for themselves” as high winds hamper firefighters

Fraser Dolman and Wayne Hepburn plotted together to torch the front door of a rival in what was described as a "warning" connected to the drug trade - before mistakenly targeting George Redmond's home

George Redmond, 76, died after his house on Dorien Road in Old Swan, Merseyside, was set alight in the early hours of September 1 last year as a court heard the culprits got the wrong address

Barlcays bank has issued a warning to customers that they are closing more than a dozen branches later this year as the face of the high street continues to change

34-year-old Michael Burham escaped from prison in Pennsylvania after fashioning a rope out of bedsheets and climbing onto the roof before rappelling down and running off into the woods

The call sparked fears that Burham, who broke out of Warren County Jail on July 6, was planning to go after the boy and his mum, who are now under 24/7 protection

Stephen Wynne, who was 26 at the time, attacked Chantel Taylor on March 13, 2004, when she was just 27 years old - but her disappearance remained a mystery for more than a year

From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns. The death toll rose just about every week, a constant cycle of violence and grief

Michael Burham, who escaped from a Warren County, Pennsylvania, prison on Thursday night, may have been spotted overnight. The manhunt for the fugitive continues

Over 150 law enforcement officials have been brought in to hunt for the missing arson suspect Michael Burham after he busted Warren County Jail in Pennsylvania by using bed sheets as rope

Suspected arson and burglar Michael Burham sprung himself from a jail in northwestern Pennsylvania, US, by climbing on some exercise equipment then getting out a metal grate

Steve Davis was alerted to the danger by people knocking desperately on his door as he sat in his ground floor flat watching Netflix at around 3am

Jamie Barrow murdered Fatoumatta Hydara and her two young daughters Fatimah Drammeh, three, and Naeemah Drammeh, one, in Clifton, Nottingham last November. Today he was jailed for life

De Zoysa was still handcuffed when he shot Sgt Ratana at the Croydon custody block in South London, after being stopped and searched in nearby Norbury and found with seven rounds of ammunition

The 27-year-old clerk was trapped inside the petrol station behind the counter as the flames raged around him, suffering first-degree burns as a result of the alleged arson

A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to over 20 years in prison for murdering his wife and setting their home on fire with their children inside - however, his fabricated story unraveled during a lengthy nine-year investigation

A terrifying incident unfolded in Neasden, West London, on Wednesday morning that saw a man charge down a street brandishing a burning Molotov cocktail

An 18-year-old suspect fired a rifle at his colleagues during a military shooting exercise in Japan, killing two and wounding three others, including a 25-year-old soldier

Daniel Sebastian Allen pleaded guilty to the murders of Roman Gossett, 16, Sabrina Gossett, 19 and 15-month-old Morgana Quinn as well as the manslaughter of Denise Gossett

Paul Bell started a fire that left an old bingo hall he owned "completely destroyed", and the man who was renting the building was susbequently £10,000 out of pocket

A seven-year-old in West Virginia has been arrested and charged with first-degree arson and allegedly setting his family home on fire. His parents were in the house at the time

South Wales Police referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct over the deaths of Kyrees Sullivan, 15, and Harvey Evans, 16, in the Ely area of Cardiff at around 6pm on Monday

The cul-de-sac in Dudley, West Midlands, has become a target for vandals and arsonists after the council vacated half the homes in plans to build social housing

David Hunter, a 75-year-old retired coal miner from Northumberland, is standing trial in Cyprus for premeditated murder after a plea deal on the lesser charge of manslaughter collapsed

The Arran Mall, on the southwest coast of Scotland, was once the main attraction for the town's shoppers but has now been described as "apocalyptic" after thugs tried to set fire to it