arson

A 39-year-old Crowley man is facing allegations that he intentionally set fire to a home while another person was inside.

A 24-year-old Lafayette man already facing trial for the arson of an Elias Road home in June 2012 is facing another arson charge for setting fire to the same home early Monday morning.

Fire investigators continue to investigate to determine the reason for intentionally setting the fire.

Police have arrested a man for allegedly setting fire to a vacant mobile home in Duson.

Police took Nancy Rogers into custody for allegedly burning down the Levy-East Bed & Breakfast in Natchitoches.

OAK GROVE, La. (AP) — An Oak Grove teenager has been arrested on suspicion of setting a fire that burned nearly 600 acres of land in West Carroll Parish. Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain's office says 19-year-old Stacy James George was booked into the parish jail on one count of simple arson following his arrest last Friday...

A blaze that severely damaged a vacant building has police and the Lafayette Fire Department asking for help.

Firefighters responded to a fire early Saturday morning in Kaplan on West 10th Street.

Two men are booked with arson in Opelousas.

A Houma woman is jailed for allegedly trying to set her ex-boyfriend on fire.

A park built by thousands of volunteers has been destroyed by fire, and authorities suspect arson.