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淺談

以汽油縱火案件

火災跡證之調查要領

A Discussion on Investigative Parameters for Characteristic Forensic

Evidence of Arson Cases Involving Gasoline Starters

圖 / 文 內政部消防署 周鴻呈

「火災」很容易使社會大眾聯想到意外 “Fires” can easily evoke the public’s
事故，也許正是因為這種簡單、直接的想 sense of an emergency, and it is also precisely
because of this fact that criminals may rely on
法，成為犯罪者藉以掩飾自己犯罪目的之手
arson as a convenient means and tool to cover
段及工具。
their tracks.
因此，縱火案件在我國火災案件中，雖 Thus, in our domestic fire cases, arson

然發生總案件數下降，但卻持續佔有相當高 events, while declining as a proportion of the

的比例，在98年度為11.22％，民國99年度 total, nevertheless remain at a very significant
portion, with some 11.22% of fires classed as
則增加為12.53％。且誠如大家所認知的，
arsons in 2009, increasing to 12.53% in 2010.
火災現場大部分跡證易被燃燒殆盡，造成縱
As the public well knows, in most fire scenes
火案證物之採集及鑑定更為困難。消防署為 much of the evidence goes up in smoke, making

精進各縣市政府火災調查鑑定技術與能力， it all the more difficult to collect and ascertain
持續辦理火災調查人員在職訓練及火災證物 forensic evidence of arson.National Fire Agency,
Ministry of the Interior is working to enhance
鑑定訓練，以期能還原火災之真相。
all our local fire agency capabilities for arson
detection and forensic identification techniques,

and continues to hold training for fire scene
investigators and forensic arson identification
courses, ensuring we can ultimately uncover the

truth behind the fire.

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