5 Steps For Processing Evidence at a Fire Crime Scene

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The same scientific approach and attention to detail is applied to every type of crime scene. However, a fire scene has a few different obstacles to overcome for the investigator, which differs from other crime scenes. The scene has been heavily contaminated by firefighters extinguishing the blaze. This makes any preservation of the scene next to impossible. For the arrival of the fire investigator, it is not always immediately known if the fire was intentionally set or if...