Philadelphia fire investigators had no scientific basis to conclude that a 1985 rowhouse fire in Oxford Circle was arson, a defense expert testified about the blaze that killed two boys and sent their father to death row for their murder. Nationally known fire consultant John Lentini said that when he heard that a city fire marshal, and then a second, had identified three separate points of origin for the fire, "I said, 'He must be magic, because it can't be done.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: philly.com

Michigan City (IN) Fire Department, 115-foot T Rex articulating aerial ladder platform quint. Commander 4000 cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump

The victim of a horrific crime took the stand Wednesday and stared down the man accused of nearly killing her. Wednesday was the first time Brenda Welch has seen her ex-husband David Morgan since the night she was found unconscious inside his burning Lynnwood home in 2014. She had been severely beaten, doused in gasoline and set on fire when firefighters found her.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 7:51:06 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

The victim of a horrific crime took the stand Wednesday and stared down the man accused of nearly killing her. Wednesday was the first time Brenda Welch has seen her ex-husband David Morgan since the night she was found unconscious inside his burning Lynnwood home in 2014. She had been severely beaten, doused in gasoline and set on fire when firefighters found her.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 7:51:06 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A building on the South Hill that once housed the bar Studio K is now a pile of rubble. Investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire at the vacant strip mall at 29th and Regal Wednesday morning. Fire crews had to tear down what was left of the building because it was not safe to go inside to investigate.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 4:36:19 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2