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Six dogs trained to sniff out flammable liquids are being assigned to help fire investigators around New York state.

Sentencing is scheduled for a western New York teenager who has pleaded guilty in connection with a tire recycling plant fire that killed his friend soon after the victim made a desperate cellphone call for help.

Authorities say a 19-year-old man being held in a Pennsylvania jail faces a dozen arson charges for fires he set in two western New York communities last month.

A Hudson Valley man has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the beating death of an 81-year-old woman during a break-in seeking drug money.

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fire that tore through a building at Vestal High School.

KINGS PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Fire officials on Long Island are investigating a blaze that destroyed part of an old psychiatric center.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A year after four people were found slain inside a burning Rochester apartment, no one has been charged with the crime.

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old boy accused of setting a massive fire at a western New York tire recycling plant that killed his friend never told anyone his friend was trapped inside.

TROY, N.Y. (AP) — Three people are heading to prison for an upstate New York apartment fire that led to the death of an 82-year-old woman.

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a local Republican Party office in North Carolina was set on fire in what a state GOP official called "political terrorism."