How do firemen know the cause of a fire after everything has burnt down?

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Often times you hear about the cause of a fire being a cigarette for example. However, isn’t the cigarette already long gone after the house/forrest/etc. has burnt down? How is it still possible find out what started the fire?

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One thing investigators do is interview witnesses and first responders to see how large the fire was when they arrived. The south corner, first floor had flames or it started in the top of the pasture and jumped the road.

Fire behaves in certain ways and they can make educated guesses as to where it likely started

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