Posted on 18th March 2009 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
arson, deadly fires, fire arrests, fire damage, fire damages, fire deaths, fire fatalities, fire Oslo, Norwegian fire deaths, serial arson, Uncategorized
Date: 3/18/2009
OSLO (AP) — Norwegian police say they have detained a man on suspicion of arson in an apartment building fire late last year that killed six people and injured 12 in Oslo.
The fire ripped through the five-story apartment building Dec. 13, and some residents had to be rescued from the roof with ladders. Police detained the man Wednesday but they declined to identify him other than to say he was Norwegian and in his 40s.
Police say the man was charged in connection with a series of fires, including the one in December. But authorities refused to go into detail because the investigation is continuing.
Police say they will seek a court order to keep him in custody.
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Posted on 13th March 2009 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
arson, deadly fires, fire, fire arrests, fire damage, fire damages, Pennsylvania arsons, serial arson, Uncategorized
Date: 3/13/2009
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — An investigator says a teenager accused of setting nine fires in an arson-plagued Philadelphia suburb led them to several of the scenes and confessed to the crimes.
Nineteen-year-old Roger Leon Barlow was held for trial after a court hearing Friday. He’s charged with arson and aggravated assault in connection with blazes that broke out in Coatesville between Jan. 2 and Feb. 3.
Federal investigator Jason Wick testified in court that Barlow changed his story several times during an interview, but ultimately admitted setting the fires.
Wick also says Barlow drove him and other investigators to the arson sites and referred to one fire that damaged 15 row houses as “the big one.”
A trial date for Barlow has not been set.
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Posted on 10th March 2009 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
air pollution, air quality, carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide exposure, economic stimulus, economy and environment, emissions, greenhouse effect, jobs, trees, Uncategorized, WPA
Yesterday, as I browsed the internet for headlines, I tuned into CNN for some background noise and by the end of the day my mood was as dark as the news. I have made it a habit to not tune into news channels for that very reason. Don’t take me wrong. My job entails absorbing a huge quantity of news. But for me, personally, the sort of news I thrive on is more along the lines of environmental issues.
It occurred to me, after cringing through stories of a troubled economy, that perhaps a lifetime of environmentalism and other lost or unpopular causes has given me a different perspective on the state of the world. I can sum up that difference in two words: unshakeable optimism.
I see a world which has become more self-aware and activists of all types joining together to create big changes. Taken individually, these actions can seem insignificant. Viewed as a whole, however, they become a force to be reckoned with.
That is why a little story from News Channel 19 in Chattanooga, Tennessee caught my eye. In a vow to reduce carbon monoxide by 7% from 1990 levels, volunteers are planting trees. Since last year they have planted a variety of trees in downtown neighborhoods, 620 of them in fact. The trees will not only absorb carbon monoxide, they will reduce the need for air conditioning by providing shade for the heat-absorbing concrete.
So back to the headlines. Stimulus spending, joblessness and energy problems. What better way to tackle all three head on than by planting trees? How many miles of highway do we have in this country just waiting for armies of workers to plant air-cleaning trees? Barren city streets scorching in the summer sun? Farmers’ fields blowing away from the lack of wind barriers? Vacant city lots devoid of life? Perhaps the greening of America should be more than a concept, maybe it should be a reality.
I admit, I am very partial to trees. I spend a lot of time out walking under them. They are a reminder of the solidity and continuity of life, the enormous potential for growth, and hope. Perhaps America needs a little of that right now.
Many of the trees I walk thru, many of the trees in the county in which I live, were planted there as part of the WPA work program during the depression. According to the old timers our beautiful rural landscape once looked like central Illinois, flat and treeless. Now it is a haven for much of Wisconsin, because of all of the beautiful trees.
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Posted on 6th March 2009 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
arson, fire arrests, fire damage, fire deaths, fire fatalities, fire homicide, Ohio college fire, ohio fire, serial arson, Uncategorized
Date: 3/6/2009
CINCINNATI (AP) — Police say a student at a small Ohio college has been arrested on arson charges after several fires were set on the campus.
Police in the Cincinnati suburb of Delhi Township say 18-year-old Jordan Cullen was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of aggravated arson. It was not immediately clear whether Cullen had an attorney.
Authorities say Cullen set at least one of five small fires Thursday in two buildings at the College of Mount St. Joseph. She is a resident at the liberal arts college of 2,300 students.
The fires prompted evacuations on the campus. Officials report one person died, but the cause of death has not been determined.
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Information from: The Cincinnati Enquirer,
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