A fire inspector arrived and Radnor reported that an arson expert from the State Police was on his way.

Some arsonists get sexual gratification from setting fires, arson experts say.

This arson expert with the jet-black hair and the black mustache was someone The Shadow had never seen before.

Adding to the concern of arson experts and local residents is the perversely ecumenical nature of the blazes.

But I was no arson expert.

Sergeant Dwyer, who is an arson expert and a volunteer firefighter, testified that the window had broken as a result of a "heat fracture."

These investigators, including an independent arson expert, said they believed that the canisters were fired too far away and too early to have caused the fire.

Jurors heard from scores of Government agents, firearms dealers, and arson experts during the trial.

Gruesome details of the final moments in the compound, presented as arson experts and a medical examiner outlined the results of their investigations, clearly left some jurors shaken.

"A fire investigation is just like an archeological dig," according to a crusty arson expert named Wylie Nolan.