How should an officer investigate a vehicle fire?

What will be an ideal response?


Although vehicle fires can be caused by accident, vehicles usually do not burn readily. Accelerants are used on many vehicles to accomplish arson. A quart to a half-gallon of flammable liquid is required to cause a major vehicle fire. When investigating vehicle fires, officers should look for evidence of accelerants and determine whether the vehicle was insured. It is seldom arson if there was no insurance.

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