Arson Investigation

The Arson Investigation is an investigation launched by Theo Ruiz after an increase in fires in his old neighborhood.
==Timeline==
Station 19 was called out to 1503 Aldred Road, a house in Theo's old neighborhood. In the course of fighting the fire, the team learned that the house was in foreclosure prior to catching fire. ("I Know A Place")
That fire prompted Theo to start looking into recent fires in the area. He noticed a pattern and asked Beckett for permission to go around and inspect buildings to get ahead of the fires. Beckett said he could investigate whatever he wanted. He took Vic and they went first to Silva & Sons Barbershop, owned and operated by Tomás Silva. They inspected the property and found several glaring fire hazards. When Vic told him he had too many things plugged into a single power source, Tomás got upset. Theo explained that it could cause a fire, so Tomás promised to fix it. This started a discussion amongst the patrons of what was causing the fires. José Ortega believed it was unhoused people looking for heat, but Thomás had asked around and said people were looking around to buy people's property and he believed they were being smoked out. Vic and Theo continued their inspection.
The next thing they found was that Tomás was running extension cords to power his shop. He said it was because he kept blowing fuses, but he promised to call an electrician next week. Vic said it had to be fixed that day in order for him to pass the inspection. Tomás and Theo tried to push back, but Vic said hit wasn't safe and started unplugging things, killing power to the shop. Theo and Vic looked at Tomás's fuser box and realized he wasn't using the right fuses. Vic replaced the fuses and turned the power back on. This fix allowed them to pass Tomás. They talked to Tomás and told him not to overload his fuses again and no more extension cords.
Back at the station, Theo looked over fire reports and called Arson Investigation to look into the fire on Aldred Road. ("Come As You Are")
Despite their work, the team was called back to Tomás's barbershop after it caught on fire. Because of Beckett's drinking, Andy took charge of the call with the team's support. Tomás promised he'd done what they said and he didn't know what had happened. ("Could I Leave You?")
Arson investigation quickly dismissed Theo's claim without investigating, so when he and Vic were meant to be doing inspections in a rich area of town, they decided instead to go to the barbershop, where they looked for signs of arson. When they found some, they called arson investigation and the team came and took pictures themselves. Captain Vinnie then told them it was classic arson, but he understood how it got missed. He said there would be a larger investigation, but it would take time. Theo shared his theory that a single company that wanted to buy up property was starting the fires, and Vinnie promised to look into that. ("Never Gonna Give You Up")
==Characters Present==
*Theo Ruiz
*Victoria Hughes
*Andy Herrera
*Ben Warren
*Robert Sullivan
*Jack Gibson
*Travis Montgomery
*Maya Bishop
*Sean Beckett
*Tomás Silva
*Mari
*Julio
*Lupe
*José Ortega
*Captain Vinnie
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