| Some people are born with a natural curiosity for fire. | | | | house on the property. They had plans to rebuild and |
| These people, who are classified as pyromaniacs, for | | | | were considering building a nice year round home but |
| some reason have a fascination with watching things | | | | would certainly install a security system. He had |
| burn. In some sense, the human race should be | | | | learned that home security systems also could protect |
| thankful for the pyromaniacs, because possibly it was | | | | the home from complete fire damage with their |
| this fascination with fire that allowed the human race | | | | advanced smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. |
| to survive. Now, fire is not essential for the survival of | | | | For Chuck, the house was a perfect target because it |
| man because humans have since discovered many | | | | was obvious that no one had been there in a long time. |
| other ways to produce heat and light. | | | | It seemed like Halloween was the perfect occasion for |
| For many people fire still proves to be a great | | | | lighting a fire, and the house was the target. He had |
| resource. People who are hiking can depend on fire to | | | | heard on the news that day that the fire marshal had |
| keep them warm at night or cook some food. Many | | | | deemed his fire last year arson but they didn't have |
| kids love to roast marshmallows for s'mores over a | | | | any suspects at the moment. What he didn't realize |
| bonfire. People who are looking for an efficient way to | | | | about this house as he was dousing it with gasoline |
| heat the home still use wood stoves as a cheaper | | | | was that it was equipped with a home security |
| alternative to oil burning furnaces or electric heating. | | | | system. He got back quite some distance before he |
| There is a stark difference between those people | | | | hurled the Molotov cocktail and the gasoline erupted in |
| who still depend on fire for survival and those who | | | | flames. |
| depend on it for excitement. | | | | The gasoline burned off and he watched as some of |
| As everybody knows, fire is a dangerous thing and | | | | the wood caught fire. He heard the fire detector as he |
| can go out of control sometimes. Yearly there are | | | | marveled at his handiwork. He was shocked when a |
| forest fires and wildfires that burn out of control and | | | | few minutes later he heard the sound of sirens quickly |
| sometimes threaten communities and homeowners. | | | | approaching. He saw the red lights of the fire trucks |
| These fires grow to be so large that extreme forces | | | | racing towards him and he dove into some underbrush |
| are needed in an attempt to control and put an end to | | | | and crawled away. The fire department extinguished |
| the fire. Some of the wildfires in California were | | | | the blaze before it did any significant damage. |
| determined to have been caused by an arsonist, | | | | Chuck had mistaken the fire alarms for the home |
| millions of dollars in damage was caused by these | | | | security system that was tripped by the smoke |
| fires, and many people lost their homes. There are | | | | detector shortly after the fire started. The home |
| people who lose their homes or businesses yearly | | | | security company had notified the authorities that the |
| because of fires that are set by arsonists, and | | | | house was possibly on fire and they had rushed to the |
| although most people have insurance, insurance cannot | | | | scene. It didn't take very long to determine it was |
| replace family heirlooms. | | | | arson because the authorities found the gas can that |
| Earl and his wife were victims of arson the last year, | | | | chuck had left there when he ran for the bushes. They |
| and they recently had learned after an extended | | | | searched the surrounding area and found Chuck's |
| period of time that arson was the cause for the fire. It | | | | wallet that happened to fall out as dove into the |
| had taken the fire marshal a long time to come to this | | | | bushes. It was unfortunate for Chuck, but this home |
| conclusion, but it was definite given the evidence that | | | | security system had put an arsonist and pyromaniac |
| someone had started the fire. For Earl it wasn't a big | | | | behind bars and probably prevented future house |
| deal because it was just their summer vacation home | | | | burnings. |
| and the property itself had been valued at 5 times the | | | | |