The FBI would eventually call John Orr the most prolific serial arsonist of the 20th century, and when he went on trial in ...

John Orr, 75, a former California fire captain ... In 1974, the fire enthusiast found a job at the Glendale Fire Department - one of the lowest-paying departments in the county at the time ...

The irony is that the firebug — John Orr — was someone entrusted to protect the public against fire. By some estimates, this one-time chief arson investigator for the Glendale Fire Department ...

Orr is a Code Enforcement Officer for the Village of Chester Building Department and a Fire Investigator for Orange County.

A 1988 photo of John Orr, when he was a celebrated arson investigator with the Glendale Fire Department. (Myung J. Chun / Associated Press) Soon after the first engine arrived to fight the fatal ...