Up close: More than 100 fires break out over weekend, rivaling Devil’s Night
The fires posed a significant challenge to a city dangerously short on firefighters and equipment.
Hazardous fire in Detroit burns at least 80 minutes before residents warned
Heavy yellow and orange smoke spewed from a burning Family Dollar on Detroit’s east side late Saturday afternoon.
Man suspected of setting hundreds of fires in Detroit charged with arson
A Detroit man accused of lighting hundreds of fires because of a long-held grudge with firefighters was charged Wednesday with arson and resisting arrest.
Photos: Suspected serial arsonist accused of decimating Detroit neighborhood
House by house, the remains of an impoverished, blighted neighborhood near the Detroit Golf Course began to go up in smoke.
4 days of flames: Detroit firefighters overwhelmed by 80+ fires in houses, buildings
Detroit firefighters battled more than 80 fires – most suspicious – in houses, businesses, garages, apartment buildings, a school and a church.
Detroit firefighters thwarted by man shooting pistol in Cass Corridor apartment
Detroit firefighters were forced to leave a crowded apartment this morning after a man started shooting a handgun and throwing belongings out of the building in the Cass Corridor.
Detroit firefighters find 5th murder victim in one month
Detroit firefighters found what is believed to be the fifth murder victim in a month early this morning after responding to a semi-truck fire on the southwest side of the city.
Suspected arsonist beaten unconscious near Heidelberg Project in Detroit
The fire gutted the house in an area already decimated by arsons, abandonment and neglect.
Firebombing in Detroit ends 24-hour streak without a house fire
It was a rare but exciting moment for one of the nation’s busiest fire stations: Detroit was just 15 minutes shy of having no house fires in 24 hours.
Arsonist torches 3 vacant houses in 4-block area of Detroit; firefighter injured
Detroit firefighters responding to a vacant house fire this morning quickly found out they were up against yet another brazen arsonist.