Arson

The first fire engulfed two vehicles in the Billings Senior High School parking lot. An hour later, another vehicle was found ablaze near the HRDC building downtown.

$100,000 bond for man charged with felony arson and criminal endangerment, after allegedly setting fire to his sister's basement .

The pleas were part of an agreement with prosecutors but they did not disclose a recommended sentence on Wednesday. Each arson conviction carries up to 20 years in prison.

Arson is suspected in a house fire on Billings South Side. Q2 reports Firefighters extinguished the blaze that burned the exterior of 133 Adams St on Tuesday night. Billings Fire sent four engines to the scene. Both the BFD and Billings Police Departments are investigating...

The Missoula County Sheriff’s Department has been helping to investigate what caused the Nine Mile House near Huson to burn down last December and Detective Captain David Conway says the investigation is closed.

25-year-old Daniel James Richard Tombrink of Billings faces a felony arson charge after allegedly starting a fire in his parents’ home in the Heights.  Firefighters responded to the blaze in the 1100 block of Bench Boulevard on May 17...

Residents on Avenue E reported seeing a woman attempting to break into a garage, and on Monday, that woman was charged with arson for allegedly setting two fires during a meth-fueled fit of paranoia in January.  30-year-old Dana Bastian of Billings made her initial appearance in Yellowstone County Justice Court on one count of arson...

About 20 fires, considered to be the result of arson, have been set in Billings since March, and the Billings Police Department is asking the public to provide information to help its efforts in dealing with the criminal activity, according to a press release issued by Billings police on Wednesday...

Billings Parks Planner Mark Jarvis says the paint will be still be drying on opening day as the department works like crazy to complete repairs on the Rose Park Pool.   An arson fire caused $250,000 in damage back on March 31st .  Crews have been working since then to reopen the pool on schedule, June 8th...

A Helena man has been charged with attempted arson after he allegedly tried to set his house on fire with six people inside, including three children.  Police say a witness called 911 Sunday at 8:15 p.m. saying Christopher Allen Johns was trying to burn his house down...