State Arson Hotline News Today

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An man set fire to a church in Fox Meadows on Monday morning before fleeing on a bicycle. Police said the unknown man entered Asbury Memorial Methodist Church at 2969 Mendenhall Road at 7 a.m. Video caught him breaking a window with a brick, pouring an unknown substance inside and igniting a […]

A man on a bike peddled up to a Memphis church, broke a window, poured something inside and then set the church on fire, according to the Memphis Fire Department

A reward of $24,000 is now available for any information that leads to an arrest in a case of arson that cost a Memphis firefighter his life.

Memphis Fire Department believes that South Memphis fire was an arson. One firefighter is dead; three others are still in the hospital.

The Memphis Fire Fighters Association is offering $5,000 for information on a suspected house fire arson that killed MFD Lt. Jeffrey Norman.

In a release, MFD said the fire started in a dumpster in front of the carport outside the home in the 2000 block of Rile Street about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 18, 20

The Memphis Fire Department (MFD) asks anyone with information regarding this incident to call CrimeStoppers at 901-528-CASH.

MFD said the arsonist set fire to three separate Washington Credit and Tax Solution offices.

Since late June, MFD has responded to eight fires in a residential area of southwest Memphis. Six of those fires took place days apart.

Memphis firefighters have responded to eight fires in the 38109 zip code in three months, with six of those happening within days of each other, according to MFD.