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I Report No: 1Q 001540 Type: OR DatelTime: 01104/2010 1938 Ofcr#: 01418 WELLS, DENVER
'1 REPORT TITLE: UNDETERMINED FIRE
i Reporting Officer: WELLS,DENVER #1418
Location: 5626 W BETH.AN1 HOME RD Apt/Suite:
Date & Time Occurred from: 01104/2010 1938 to: 01104/2010 1938 Grid: CA1S
Associated Report No.(s): 10-3808 GFD, AZ
Total Property Taken: $0.00 Recovered: $0.00 Damaged: $0.00
Case Status: INFORMATION ONLY REPORT
:1 VICTIM(S) INFORMATION
Victim 1 :
WESTERN PALLETS Alias: Home Ph:
.1 5626 W BETHANY HOME RD AfS#: Cell Ph:
! GLENDALE AZ 85301 Other Ph:
I Emai1:
Race: Height : Hair : DOB:
Sex: Weight : Eyes: POB:
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Age: Max Age: SSN: DL#:
I VICTIM(S) INFORMATION
Victim 2 :
CARRANZA,EDUARDO Alias: Home Ph:
AJS#: CellPh: •• __
Other Ph:
Emai1:
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Race: S neight : 509 Hair: BRa
Sex: M Weight : 170 Eyes: aRO
DOB:_---
·POB:
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Age: 33 Max Age: SSN: DL#:
Employer: WESTERN PALLETS
Address: 5626 W. BETHANY HOME RD GLENDALE AZ 85301
Occupation: OWNhR . Work Ph: Ext:
VICTIM(S) INFORMATION
Victim 3 :
BUKSIC,MrCHAEL Alias: Home Ph:
AfS#: Cell Ph:
Other Ph:
Email:
Race: W DOB: _
Height : Hair :
Sex: M Weight : Eyes: . POB:
Age: 58 Max Age: SSN: DL#:
Employer: SELF
Address: 5626 W. BETHANY HOME RD GLENDALE AZ 85301
Occupation: LAND OWNER Work Ph: Ext:

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WITNESS(ES) AND/OR OTHERS INVOLVED
Witness 1 :
VILLANUEV A,LAURO Alias: Home Ph:
AlS#: 270 Cell Ph:
Other Ph:
Email:
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Race: S Height : Hair: DOB:.
Sex: M Weight : Eyes: POB:
Age: 30 Max Age: SSN: DL#:
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Address: -
Occupation: Work Ph: Ext:
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Witness 2 :
.J CAP,ESTEBAN Alias: Home Ph:
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I Race: S Height : Hair: DOB:
Sex: M Weight : Eyes: POB:
I Age: 38 Max Age: SSN: DL#:
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Address:
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Occupation: Work Ph: Ext:
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! AVILLA,JOSE Alias: Home Ph:
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Email:
Race: S Height : Hair: DOB: 7
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Age: 29
Weight :
Max Age:
Eyes:
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SYNOPSIS
PALLET FIRE EXTENDING TO AUTO BODY YARD.
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j ON 114/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1957 HRS, I WAS PAGED BY THE PHOENIX FIRE
DEPARTMENT ALARM ROOM ADVISING ME OF A WORKING 2-ALARM FIRE AT 5626 W.
'1 BETHANY HOME RD: BY THE TIME I ARRNED AT APPROXIMATELY 2020 HRS, THE FIRE
1 WAS UPGRADED TO A 4-ALARM FIRE.
5626 W. BETHANY HOME RD IS AN ADDRESS THAT HOUSES SEVERAL BUSINESSES ON
VARYING SIZED LOTS. THE BUSINESSES BEGIN ADJACENT TO W. BETHANY HOME RD,
AND CONTINUE NORTH ON 57 TH AVE. THE FIRE WAS BEING WORKED IN "WESTERN
PALLETS" WHICH ALTHOUGH NOT ADDRESSED AS SUCH, WOULD APPEAR TO BE #8.
5626 W. BETHANY HOME RD IS AN APPROXlMATELY 1 ACRE FENCED LOT. THERE ARE
NO ENCLOSED STRUCTURES ON THE LOT, BUT HAD AN APPROXIMATELY 20' X 20'
COVERED AWNING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY NEAR THE MIDDLE.
"WESTERN PALLETS" IS A PALLET REBUILDING BUSINESS AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS
OF PALLETS STACKED ON THE LOT. THE MAJORITY OF PALLETS WERE STORED IN THE
SIB AREA, EAST END, AND THE NORTH FENCE LINES.
' WHEN I ARRNED ON SCENE, NUMEROUS FIRE CREWS FROM GLENDALE, PHOENIX AND
I PEORIA WERE ON SCENE AND FIGHTING THE FIRE WITH AERIAL LINES, STANG GUNS,
I AND GROUND LINES. THE FIRE HAD ALSO EXTENDED INTO A BODY SHOP LOT THAT IS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ras SOUTH CHAIN-LINK FENCE TOWARD THEEAST SIDE.
I SPOKE TO THE OWNER OF "WESTERN PALLETS"; EDUARDO CARRANZA, WHO SAID TJfAT
I HE AND HIS WORKERS, HAD LEFT THE BUSINESS AT ABOUT 1900 HRS. I ASKED ABOUT
I THEIR ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO CLOSING. HE SAID THAT THEY HAD UNLOADED PALLETS
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FROM AN ENCLOSED SEMI-TRAILER, AND PRIOR TO THAT THEY WERE USING THE NAIL
CUTTER TO BREAK UP PALLETS. I ASKED WHAT THE NAIL CUTTER ACTUALLY DOES .
EDUARDO SAID THAT A BLADE IS GUIDING BETWEEN THE BOARDS OF THE PALLETS AND
,I CUTS THE NAILS. rms WAY THE SERVICEABLE BOARDS WON'T GET DAMAGED AND CAN
I BE USED TO REBUlLD OTHER PALLETS. I ADVISED EDUARDO THAT THIS SOUNDED LIKE
SOMETHING THAT WOULD CREATE SPARKS. EDUARDO SAID THAT IT DOESN'T CREATE
SPARKS, BUT ADDED THAT THEY WET DOWN THE AREA AFTER EVERY USE. I MENTIONED
THAT THEY HAD A PREVIOUS FIRE AT ANOTHER LOCATION CAUSED BY A NAIL CUTTER.
I EDUARDO SAID TH.:T IS WHY rt.. WET DOWN THE AREA NOW AJID THAT THEY HA VB
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I LEARNED THEIR LESSON. HE ALSO SAID THAT THEY HAD STOPPED USING THE CUTTER
AT ABOUT 1630 HRS.
I I ALSO SPOKE TO EMPLOYEES OF "DISCOUNT AUTO REPAIR" WHICH IS IN LOT #4.
I OWNER RUBEN JIMENEZ SAID THAT HE WAS GETTING READY TO CLOSE HIS SHOP AND
I WAS WITH HIS WIFE VALERIE, AND EMPLOYEE; LAURO VILLANUEVA. HE SAID THAT
I SOMEONE FROM A NEIGHBORING BUSINESS RAN OVER AND TOLD LAURO THAT THERE WAS
A FIRE TWO BUSINESSES DOWN, AND THAT THEY SHOULD GET OUT. HE SAID THAT AT
!, THAT TIME HE COULD SEE FLAMES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AREA OF #8. (FROM HIS
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SOUTHERN AREA OF #8 WOULD BE BLOCKED BY STRUCTURES OF OTHE,R ,
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I I THEN SPOKE TO LAURO VILLANUEVA WHO SAID THAT ONE OF THE WORKERS FRO~
I GATE COMPANY ACROSS THE STREET CAME OVER AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THE FIRE,~ ,
TOLD HIM THAT HE SHOULD GET OUT AND CALL 9-1-1, WInCH HE DID.
I THEN SPOKE TO ESTEBAN CAP AT "GATES BY ROY" AT 6022 N. 57TH A VB. MR. CAP

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SAID THAT HE SAW SMOKE RISING FROM THE SIB AREA OF "WESTERN PALLETS". HE
SAID THAT BY THE TIME HE STARTED TO CROSS THE STREET, HE COULD SEE TALL
FLAMES. HE SAID THAT HE RAN TO "DISCOUNT AUTO REPAIR" AND YELLED TO ONE OF
THE WORKERS THAT THERE WAS A FIRE AND TO CALL 9-1-1.
I SPOKE TO PEORIA FD CAPT. CROWLEY WHOSE E-925 WAS THE FIRST FIRE UNIT ON
THE SCENE. HE APPROACHED FROM THE NORTH ON N. 57TH AVB AND SAID THAT WHEN
THEY ARRIVED THE ENTIRE EASTERN HALF OF THE LOT WAS ON FIRE. CAPT. E.
ECKERT OF E-152 WHOSE CREW ARRIVED FROM THE SOUTH SECONDS AFTER E-925
REPORTED THE SAME.
AS OF 2400 HRS, FIRE UNITS WERE STILL WETIING DOWN THE SCENE AND EXPECTED
TO BE DOING SO FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. I ASKED THE BUSINESS OWNER;
MR. CARRANZA IF I HAD HIS PERMISSION TO SEC'URE THE SCENE AND CONTINUE MY
INVESTIGATION IN THE MORNING. HE ANSWERED, "YES." I THEN REQUESTED VIA
SGT. A. BROWN OF THE GLENDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE SCENE SECURITY
UNTIL MY RETURN IN THE MORNING, TO WHICH HE AGREED.
I RETURNED AT 0530 HRS ON 115/2010AND RELIEVED THE OFFICER POSTED AT THE
BUSINESS OF HIS DUTIES.
ONCE THERE WAS DAYLIGHT, I TOOK PHOTOS OF THE SCENE. AT THAT TIME I ALSO
OBSERVED THAT NO LESS THAN 35 VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED ON BOTH
"WESTERN PALLETS" PROPERTY, AND "CHAVEZ BODY SHOP" WHICH IS SOUTH OF THE
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SIB AREA OF THE PROPERTY. THESE VEHICLES APPEARED TO BE IN VARIOUS STATES
OF MECHANICAL CONDITION, FROM COMPLETELY NON.FUNCTIONING, TO SERVICEABLE.
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I NOTICED TWO FORKLIFTS ON THE PALLET PROPERTY; BOTH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
i LOT; ONE IN THE SOUTH AREA AND ONE IN THE NORTH AREA BEHIND A FLATBED SEMI
! TRUCK LOADED WITH PALLETS. THEY WERE BOTH PROPANE POWERED. THE 10 GALLON
TANK ON THE NORTH FORKLIFT HAD A BLEVE DUE TO THE HEAT.
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I HAD OWNER EDUARDO CARRANZA AND AN EMPLOYEE WALK WITH ME THROUGH THE
PROPERTY. THROUGH THAT, I LEARNED THAT THE ONLY EQUIPMENT THAT OPERATES ON
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THE PROPERTY IS THE NAIL CUTTER THAT OPERATES OFF OF 220V. THERE IS ALSO
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AN AIR TANK. THAT IS USED TO SUPPLY COMPRESSED AIR TO THEIR PNEUMATIC NAIL
GUNS. BOTH OF THESE ITEMS ARE MOUNTED ABOUT 2/3RDS EAST OF THE WEST
PROPERTY LINE. THE AlR TANK IS SITUATED VERY CLOSE, IF NOT AGAINST 'TIlE
SOUTH FENCE AND THE NAIL CUTIER IS ABOUT 10' NORTH OF THE FENCE LINE.
THERE HAD BEEN PALLETS STACKED ABOUT 5-10' EAST OF THE CUTIER.
MR. CARRANZA WAS ADAMANT THAT THE NAIL CUTIER WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE
AND TOLD ME THAT THE BODY SHOP EMPLOYEES WORK LATE AND DO WELDING. HE ALSO
ADVISED ME THAT THEY DO NOT HAVB A BUSINESS LICENSE. I EXPLAINED TO MR.
CARRANZA THAT MANY TIMES SPARKS CAN CAUSE SMOLDERING IN HIDDEN LOCATIONS
AND CAN GO UNNOTICED FOR HOURS. MR. CARRANZA SAID THAT BEFORE THEY LEFT
FOR TIlE DAY, THEY TURNED OFF THE WATER SUPPLY WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE CUTI:~
AND THEY DID NOT SMELL SMOKE.· .;
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I WAS APPROACHED BY THE LAND OWNER; MIKE BUKSIC, WHO SAID THAT THERE IS
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP TWO BUSINESSES SOUTH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF "WESTERN . !
PALLETS" WHO TOLD HIM THAT HE SAW THE FIRE IN rrs EARLY STAGES.
I SPOKE TO JOSE AVILLA WHO SAID THAT HE WAS WORKING IN THE AUTO MECHANIC
SHOP WHEN HE SAW THE FIRE. HE SAID THAT NO ONE WAS WORKING AT THE BODY

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SHOP THAT'S SITUATED BETWEEN HIS SHOP AND THE PALLETS. HE SAID THAT HE
WENT THROUGH THE BODY SHOP PROPERTY IN ORDER TO GET CLOSER TO SEE WHAT WAS
GOING ON AND SAW THE PALLETS BURNING IN THE "WESTERN PALLETS" LOT. I HAD
MR. AVILLA SHOW ME WHERE THE FIRE WAS AT THAT TIME. HE INDICATED THE AREA
ABOUT 8-10 FEET EAST OF THE NAIL CUTTER. HE SAID THAT THE FIRE WAS ABOUT
5' HIGH AND ABOUT 5' IN DIAMETER AT THAT TIME. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE FIRE
GREW RAPIDLY AND EVENlUALLY THE HIGH PILED PALLETS FELL TO THE SOUTH
LANDING PRIMARILY ON A NISSAN TITAN PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED IN THE
BODY SHOP LOT NEAR THE DIVIDING FENCE LINE. (I NOTICED THAT THE ROOF AND
HOOD OF THE PICKUP WERE HEAVILY DENTED.) JOSE SAID THAT AT THIS POINT, THE
BURNING PALLETS WERE ALSO CAUSING FIRE TO SPREAD TO OTHER VEHICLES IN THE
BODY SHOP LOT.
I AM INCLUDING AN EARLIER AERIAL PHOTO OF THE PROpERTY AND INDICATING
RELEVANT LOCATIONS.
MR. CARRANZA ADVISED ME THAT HIS BUSINESS IS NOT INSURED. I RELEASED THE
PROPERTY BACK TO MR. CARRANZA.
BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE AND WITNESSES STATEMENTS I AM
CATEGORIZING THIS FIRE AS UNDETERMINED. IT IS MY OPINION THOUGH, THAT
THERE IS A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY SPARKS FROM
THE NAIL CUTTER WHICH CAUSED THE SMOLDERING OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERlALS WITHIN
THE PALLET STACKS, AND EVENTUALLY IGNITED.
101540 D. WELLS 1418
Victims Assistance: SUGGEST NO CONTACT
Prints Attemped: NO Prints Obtained: NO C.S.T. N
Supervisor Approving Report :
CRIMINAL OFFENSE(S)
Offense 1: NOT A UCR CRIME OR NOT IN JURISDICTION Code: 000
Victim: Suspect:
STATISTICAL INFOR..l1ATION
TYPE OF VICTIM(S):
V1 INDIVIDUAL
V2 INDIVIDUAL
V3 INDIVIDUAL
CASE DECISION REPORT:
TOTAL
NO REVIEW REGARDLESS OF TOTAL FLAG

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.I Reporting Officer: TORRES,JAMES #11260
Apt/Suite:
I Location: 5626
Date & Time Occurred
W BETHANY HOME RD
from: 01104/2010 1938 to: 01104/2010 1938 Grid: CA15
Associated Report No.(s):
Total Property Taken: $0.00 Recovered: $0.00 Damaged: $0.00
Case Status: INVESTIGATION CONTINUED
WITNESS(ES) AND/OR OTHERS INVOLVED
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ANDERSON,CHAD Alias:
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HomePh:
Cell Ph:
Other Ph:
•••••••••••
Email:
DOB: _
Race: W Height : 507 Hair: BRO
Sex: M Weight : 160 Eyes: BLU POB:
I Age: 33 Max Age:
SSN: _ DL#:
Employer: -:::::::.. ••
Address: 4
I Occupation: Work Ph: Ext:
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10-1540
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ARSON INVESTIGATION
SUPPLEMENT REPORT
ON 01104/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1938 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 5650
NORTH 55TH AVENUE IN REFERENCE TO A IN PROGRESS FIRE
WHILE ON SCENE, I SPOKE WITH (PRl) CHAD ANDERSON. IT WAS
EXPLAINED THAT CHAD IS A BUSINESS OWNER AT 5746 WEST BETHANY HOME
AT A BUSINESS NAMED THE MENTAL ASYLUM. CHAD WANTED TO EXPRESS A
CONCERN IN REGARDS TO THE BUSINESS NEXT DOOR THAT HE DESCRIBED AS
BEING DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF illS LOCATION.
IN THE PAST, CHAD ADVISED HE HAD CONTACTED CODE COMPLIANCE AFTER
HE LEARNED THAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS WERE STACKING PALLETS AGAINST
HIS PAlNT BOOTHS AND HAD FELT THAT THEIR ACTIONS WERE CAUSING AN
UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT SINCE THE PALETTES WERE CONSTRUCTED OF A WOOD
MATERIAL.
IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT CHAD HAD BEEN VISITED BY CODE COMPLIANCE IN
THE PAST AND HAD PAST THE REQUIREMENTS AND AT THAT TIME HE ADVISED
THE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS THAT THE BUSINESS HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT .:

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I WAS INVOLVED WITH VIOLATIONS. CHAD WAS NOT AWARE IF HIS CONCERNS
I HAD BEEN ADDRESSED .
HE ALSO REPORTED THAT THE BUSINESS DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH WAS ZONED
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FOR A MECHANICS SHOP AS THEY WERE ILLEGALLY PAINTING VEHICLES AT
THE MENTIONED LOCATION. DURING THE INTERVIEW, CHAD WAS NOT ABLE
TO PROVIDE AN ADDRESS OR THE OWNERS NAMES AT THE INVOLVED
LOCATIONS.
AFTER RECEIVING CHAD'S INFORMATION, I CONTACTED DENVER WELLS IN
REGARDS TO HIS INITIAL INVESTIGATION AND I WAS ADVISED TO COMPLETE
A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WITH THE INFORMATION CHAD HAD PROVIDED.
DURING THE INTERVIEW, CHAD DID NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION TO
ASSIST WITH THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS MATTER.
BS/13801
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