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Arson, called '''fireraising''' in Scots Law , is the Crime of setting a Fire for an unlawful or improper purpose. The criminal damage of property in English Law has been consolidated into a single offence in the Criminal Damage Act 1971 although the use of the word has been retained. after an arson fire on July 9 , 2004 .]] The motives of arsonists vary. The possibility of financial gain often drives arsonists to file fraudulent Insurance Claim after setting fire. Vandalism is frequently behind arsons perpetrated by Juvenile fire setters. Vandalism through fire can occur in vacant or abandoned buildings. Cities often regulate or encourage owners to secure vacant buildings. Fire Department s aggressively attack fires in abandoned buildings out of concern transient or homeless people may be dwelling inside. Domestic Violence sometimes results in arson. Victims’ property is often damaged or destroyed, compromising physical safety and sometimes causing Personal Injury . In some cases arson can also be a method of committing Murder . Revenge motivation can generate dangerous fires, as a fire setter’s acts of rage contributes to the conflagration. Disgruntled firefighters have occasionally been known to start arson out of revenge, especially those extremely angry at losing their jobs or who have numerous grievances with a fire station and hope that the fire chief or other superiors may perish in the arson fire they started. Some arsonists set fires that allow them to appear as heroes, rescuing endangered people or extinguishing the fire themselves. The "hero effect" is most often committed by firefighters who are bored with the lack of fires or are seeking commendation for extinguishing their own arson acts. Man-made Forest Fire s are frequent in the summers of southern Europe, most notably Greece but also Portugal , southern Spain and most of Italy . Several causes are proposed, including the change of Commonal property to government-owned forests, sales of cheap burnt wood, envies against neighbors, intention to sell the land for urban development, disgruntled former firefighters, and distraction of the police by drug smugglers. Some acts of arson are politically motivated. For example, an environmental group known as the Earth Liberation Front committed arson to spread its message of environmental protection. A Nazi Conspiracy was behind the arson that burned down the parliamentary building of the German Empire in the 1933 Reichstag Fire . The incident gave the Nazi Party an excuse to introduce the Reichstag Fire Decree , one of the key steps which eventually led to the Nazi control of Germany. It is often incorrectly believed that Roman emperor Nero ordered the Great Fire Of Rome , which erupted on the night of July 18 , 64 CE . The fire started from the shops selling flammable goods at the southeastern end of the Circus Maximus and reportedly lasted for nine days. POPULAR CULTURE
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