Minot Hangar Fire Investigation 1
On Dec. 28, 2019, a fire gutted a Strategic Air Command-era hangar on Miniot Air Force Base, N.D. Office of Special Investigations Detachment 813 and 2nd Field Investigations Squadron teamed with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct the subsequent investigation. Here, Investigator Jesse Gomez, foreground, and Special Agent Andrew Weinzierl sift through the rubble to determine the origin and cause of the blaze resulting in a $7M loss to the Air Force. (Photo by SA Leonard Meadows, OSI Det 813)