Photographer: Jesse Benne, Fire Prevention Specialist, Edmond Fire DepartmentDate Taken:  Jan 4, 2019Location:  Edmond, OK Description:  This was an overhead heater in an apartment building.  An improper-sized wire nut caused high-resistance heating that melted through a self-made junction cover starting the fire.

Photographer:  Travis Rider, Property Specialist, Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance CompanyDate Taken: June 28, 2019Location:  Seminole, OK Description:  This home had a metal roof and was directly struck by lightning.  The lightning strike caused the flexible gas connector going to the hot water tank to breach, thus fueling the fire.

First Place – Arson Photo AwardJacob StanglEdmond Fire DepartmentPresented October 26, 2018

Second Place – Arson Photo AwardOK Chapter International Association of Arson InvestigatorsBrian ZalewskiChickasha, Fire DepartmentPresented October 26, 2018

First Place – Accidental Photo Award OK Chapter – International Association of Arson Investigators Brian Zalewski Chickasha, Fire DepartmentPresented October 26, 2018

Accidental Photo Award – 2nd Place Jacob Stangl, Edmond Fire DepartmentPresented October 26, 2018 This fire originated in a garage door opener. The garage door opener had been malfunctioning for some time prior to the fire. The fire damage was contained to the garage.

Second Place – Accidental Photo Award OK Chapter – International Association of Arson Investigator Bill Hollander Bartlesville Fire Department

First Place – Accidental Photo Award OK Chapter – International Association of Arson Investigators Jonathan Wilk Norman Fire Department

First Place – Arson Photo Award OK Chapter – International Association of Arson Investigators David C. Randolph III Norman Fire Department

Third Place – Accidental Photo Award OK Chapter – International Association of Arson Investigators Todd DeSmet Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance