After two years serving in the fire district’s top position, Bluffton Fire Chief Paul Boulware’s employment status has been ...

James Bartels, then of the Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Department, admitted to starting 26 fires to "give the boys ...

A former fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to starting dozens of fires in Wayne National Forest. James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio ...

A former Ohio Fire Administrator will spend time in jail after he started dozens of arson fires in a national forest.

Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates are still haunted by the what-ifs.

James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande, Ohio, started 26 fires in the national forest in 2022, creating a substantial risk of death or significant injury to the public, as well as to firefighters from ...