Hale House Fire

The **Hale House Fire** was an event that took place in late 2004 to the early 2005, six years prior to the *Teen Wolf* series premiere. It was a tragic event orchestrated by the Werewolf Hunter Kate Argent and nearly a dozen co-conspirators, and the fire that resulted led to the death of what was originally believed to be eight members of the Hale Family; however, it was later revealed that Cora Hale survived the fire without injury and escaped Green Hills before traveling down to South America. Her studying the fire lead to Peter enacting revenge on the Argents for decimating his family and leaving him in a coma. He killed his Miss Laura for her alpha Stark and used his new found Alpha powers to bite Scott McCall, thus dragging him into the world of the Supernatural and the extraterrestrialism.

## History

Once Kate had obtained the information she needed, she tasked Reddick and Unger with starting the fire after learning how to cover their tracks. In the aftermath of the fire, Garrison Myers was the insurance investigator who knowingly ruled the fire an accident rather than arson. In early 2011, Adrian Harris admitted to Sheriff Stilinski that, while drinking at a bar, he had a conversation with a woman who was interested in his work; during their conversation, he inadvertently gave her information on how to get away with numerous criminal acts, including how to make an arson look like an accident. He then drew Stilinski a picture of the necklace that that Kate was wearing in order to help him identify the woman, since Harris had not learned her name during this encounter. A short time afterward, when the Sheriff found Kate's dead body in the ruins of the Hale House after she was killed by Peter Hale, he noticed that she was wearing the pendant Harris had described and posthumously named Kate the true arsonist in the Hale House fire.

## Retaliation

Peter Hale later got his revenge on Kate Argent by slashing her throat for killing his family. Kate, however, does not die, instead being turned into a Werejaguar.

## Conspiracies

It was originally believed by the Green County Sheriff's Department that the fire was caused by an electrical malfunction, but even back then, there was a suspicion of arson. The conspirators of the burning of the Hale House consisted of Kate Argent, Reddick and Unger, Garrison Myers, an unnamed Video 2\*C employee and Adrian Harris. Kate Argent was the mastermind behind the plan to destroy the Hale Family in the fire. Her plan began with her relationship with Derek Hale, who was then only a teenager; she used him and their secret relationship in order to get information on the family and their behavior.

## Participants

### Perpetrators

* Kate Argent (organizer)
* Garrison Myers (cover; indirectly)
* Reddick (perpetrator)
* Unger (perpetrator)
* Adrian Harris (informant; indirectly)
* Unnamed Video 2\*C Employee

### Victims

* Peter Hale (comatose)
* Talia Hale (fatality)

## Trivia

A according to the report that Stiles is looking through old police reports regarding the Hale house fire. There’s one paper that’s an incident report which lists details about the actual fire.

These details include:

* **Location of Incident:** Hale family home
* **Type of Incident:** Structural
* **Fire Engine that responded to the call:** Engine #7
* **Back-up Fire Engines that responded:** Engines #12 & #14
* **Time:** 7:14
* **Cause of Fire:** Electrical malfunction, ARSON suspected
* **Method of Extinguishment:** Water
* **County:** Beacon Hills
* **Number of Victims/Status:** Eight family members deceased
* **Probable Cause of Death:** Electrical Malfunction, possible arson

*See also: Category:Hale Fire Victims*