ATF News

Two Charged with Murder After Deadly Blast Kills 4

BLACK JACK, Mo. (AP) — Investigators arrested two men on murder charges for allegedly conspiring to manufacture bootleg fireworks in a house near St. Louis that exploded early Friday, killing four people and critically injuring several other people, the Post-Dispatch …

Ringleader Pleads Guilty in Arson, Insurance Fraud Scheme

A Kansas City-area man has pleaded guilty to an arson and insurance fraud scheme that allegedly destroyed three houses from 2013 to 2019. Wandale J. Fulton, 40, was accused of conspiring with six others to buy houses, create fake lease …

ATF to Use Computer Model in Portland Apartment Fire Case

Scientists with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are using a computer model to re-create the conditions of an apartment fire that killed six people in Portland, Maine, in November. The Portland Press Herald reports that the …

Fire Heavily Damages Georgia Church

Authorities are searching for the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a church in Roswell, just north of Atlanta. Firefighters responded to the blaze at the Epiphany Byzantine Catholic Church on Old Alabama Road around 2 a.m. Sunday. They …

ATF Investigates Des Moines Building Fire With 3D Technology

Federal investigators got their first look inside a fire-gutted downtown Des Moines, Iowa, building on Tuesday. Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were in the building’s west side, The Des Moines Register reported. That section was …