Live Blog: A close-up look at all fires during Devil’s Night 2015

The three-day Devil’s Night period began Thursday at midnight and ends at midnight on Halloween.

Beginning at 8 p.m., we will provide details of every fire through Sunday morning. The idea is to show where fires are breaking out and how well equipped the Fire Department is to handle the anticipated onslaught of arsons.

We’ll provide comparisons to past years and other analysis.

The map below includes all confirmed fires since midnight Thursday.

Thursday fires: 17
Houses: 13
Commercial buildings: 0
Apartments: 0
Garages: 1
Rubbish: 3
Other: 0

Friday fires: 11
Houses: 8
Commercial buildings: 0
Apartments: 0
Garages: 0
Rubbish: 2
Other: 1

Saturday fires:  21
Houses: 18
Commercial buildings: 0
Apartments: 0
Garages: 0
Rubbish: 2
Other: 1

Total fires: 50

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Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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