Let it burn!

fire burn2 Susan Clutter, left, assistant professor of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, and Melissa James, undergraduate student and research assistant, pose outside a controlled burn of a vacant house on East Earle Street in Youngstown in January. Clutter and James, a firefighter with the Weathersfield Fire Department, participated in the event to learn more about burn patterns and how different fabrics react to fire, information that could help fire investigators.